Re: IIe Keyboard On A II Plus

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message LcednTS2moWPJP3VnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@comcast.com">news:LcednTS2moWPJP3VnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> a2aviator@gmail.com wrote:
> > You need to have the capslock key that the Franklin has, otherwise
> > you're emulating softswitch lowercase.
> > 
> > If the lower case works as is on the //e keyboard with a ][+ and the
> > lowercase character ROM installed, then it shouldn't be much different
> > to have it send the right stuff to a Franklin.
> 
> But GETLN in the ][ and ][+ monitor converts lower case to upper case,
> so BASIC won't see anything but upper case.
> 
> To see any lower case, you'll need an application that accepts it from
> the keyboard (most will expect the shift key mod).


I don't know about that, Mike. If the ROM has the upper 32 codes 
defined, then why wouldn't it do it? When I type * PRINT CHR$(65+32) 
on the Franklin, it displays "a", and also on my II+ with the Dan Paymar 
ROM installed. It would be trivial to program those codes into the encoder. 

Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
http://www.garberstreet.com