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Re: help diagnosing an Apple IIe, please.



Jeff Blakeney wrote:
  To: Michael J. Mahon
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:32:30 -0800, Michael J. Mahon wrote:


You can also GET the key after determining that one has
been pressed:

40 IF PEEK(KB)>127 THEN GET A$


Does the GET clear the keyboard strobe as well?  If so, that is really
cool and is something I never knew.  I'll have to remember that one.

Yes, it does.  (It would have to to avoid GETting the same keypress
over and over.)

The only way to sense the keyboard from Applesoft without clearing
the strobe is to PEEK it.  In this case, it is PEEKed to avoid waiting
at the GET when no key has been pressed.

-michael

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