Re: New product: RetroConnector keyboard shields

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 13:27:27 UTC-7, schmidtd  wrote:
> On 6/11/2013 4:15 PM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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> > Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> On 06/10/2013 10:49 PM, Antoine Vignau wrote:
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> >>> Yes, or Nishida Radio's one @ http://tulip-house.ddo.jp/digital/usbkey2e/english.html
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> >>
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> >> I have one of the Nishida USB-->//e adapters.  Very nice gadget.
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> > Do any of these USB-to-//e converters handle Any Key Down properly?
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> > Put another way, do they keep the virtual key "pressed" while the actual
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> > key is pressed?  (I suppose this would be necessary for auto-repeat to
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> > work, too.)
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> Besides auto-repeat, how would you test for it?

Funny this topic came up.  I just reworked Apple II Pi to use the Any Key Down instead of the normal Keyboard Strobe so that I can play MineCraft.  Those kind of apps look for the movement keys to remain pressed, otherwise the player is stuck.  

Dave...