Re: Function keys

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4mc2eq$ne5@asia.lm.com>,
Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>Hey everybody!  I just got a nice juicy new keyboard for my GS, with 
>function keys!  So, my question is, besides 'hotkeys', what other 
>inits/DA's etc. are there to utilize all the function keys?  

   There's Shortcuts, published by Softdisk Publishing (800) 831-2694,
which has a lot of functions like controlling the Finder, save/print
the screen, etc. It's on Softdisk G-S #51, and I wrote it.


>Also, before the "powerkey" startup became standard on macs, they used to 
>sell it as an external box that your keyboard plugged into, and would 
>turn the system on when the 'power'/reset key was pressed.  Anybody know 
>if this is still available?  I tested it once on a GS and it worked.  Of 
>course, shutdown didn't work, but I figure some kind of init or DA could 
>be written to fix that.  Any idea?  I'd love to have power key control, 
>since my CPU is like 90 feet from the keyboard and monitor.  hehe :)

   No idea where to find one of those.

Nathan Mates

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