Re: The clear key

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

David Wilson wrote:

> The Platinum //e has a 2nd ESC key on its numeric keypad but I recall reading
> somewhere (probably Open-Apple newsletter) that there is a jumper connection
> to make it send ^X just like the clear key on a //gs.
>
> The external numeric keypad on a beige //e has its own XY coordinates in the
> keyboard decoder ROM so by changing the contents of the ROM you can make
> any character key send anything you want.
> --
> David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia

I checked out a Platinum IIe keyboard and am satisfied none of the jumpers on it
effect the esc keys. however I was pleasantly surprised that the numeric keypad esc
key is connected differently than the other one. So if there's a jumper the chasnges
the esc key function it must be on the motherboard. However I'm not using a
motherboard from a Platinum IIe but an earlier one which has a few less jumpers.
I don't want to switch motherboards so I'll take a look at thr ROM and see if I can
figure out how to add that

    Wayne