Re: Enabling the ][+ shift key

[dpscholn@mtu.edu (Dan P. Scholnik)]

DouglasC15 (douglasc15@aol.com) wrote:
: This is my second posting.   H E L P! I'm a teacher and I have a 64K ][+
: with a lower case ROM installed...BUT how do I get the shift key to
: work!!! Everyone says that they "saw it somewhere".  Well for crying out

	Assuming you mean the "shift key mod", what you need to do is connect
a wire from the shift key pin on the keyboard aux. circuit board (this
hangs below the keyboard) to annunciator 3 on the joystick port. The shift
key pin is the second pin from the right on the "piggy-back" circuit
board under the keyboard. You will probably need to solder it on. Pin 4 on
the joystick connector is where you stick the other end. You can just push
the wire in and then probably replace the joystick (if there is one) right
on top of it.
	In case that was unclear, 2nd from the right means as you look under
the keyboard from the front, and pin 4 is the fourth pin down on the left with
the notch at the top (on the joystick connector). Now, when the shift key
is pressed, it sets (or clears?) AN3. SOme programs look for this. However,
DOS and Applesoft don't, as far as I know.
	If I made any errors here I'm sure someone will correct me. My SKM
works just fine (with Aztec C and a Videx 80-col card or ScreenWriter II)

Dan