Re: PS-2 Keyboard for Aplle II ?

["Vince Briel" <vbriel@removethisspamcomcast.net>]

Michael, when I made my adapter I thought about programming the lights to do 
some fun pattern then I realized people would get annoyed quick with that. 
In the end I didn't turn any lights on.

Vince

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"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> thewises wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> With the AT, IBM changed the protocol to a bidirectional one, making it 
>> possible to send commands to the keyboard, such as changing the typematic 
>> rate. All PCs since then have used this protocol.
>
> One of the more obvious uses of sending data *to* a keyboard is
> to turn the Scroll Lock and Num Lock lights on and off.
>
> -michael
>
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