Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Fred wrote:Hi,I was poking around in Catakig emulator, looking to (maybe) fix what looks like a keyboard handling issue.Anyway, I found the appleii reference online (for instance at: http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/apple/appleiieref.pdf), but it lacks the page 14 (between 31 and 32 in the pdf). All other sources I found exhibit the same issue:http://www.jamtronix.com/books/appleiieref/appleiieref-030.jpg http://www.jamtronix.com/books/appleiieref/appleiieref-031.jpgAny place where I can find the missing page or an explanation of how exactly the keyboard is supposed to behave in an apple 2 ?Cheers, --fredPS: Be gentle with me is the first time I touch Apple ][ stuff since 1986 :-) . What a trip down on the memory lane...Different editions of the //e Tech Ref have slightly different pagination...
It is not an issue of pagination. If you look at the links I provided, you'll see that the page is just missing in the pdf or the jpeg files. It seems that, in that particular scan, page numbered 14 from the doc have not been scanned (jumps from 13 to 15), and the resulting file have been spread all around the internets.
But also check out Sather's "Understanding the Apple //e" for even more definitive descriptions of keyboard behavior (such as the strobe bit arriving a little *after* the key code changes ;-).
Thx. I'll take a look at it. Note that I don't need 110% precise behavior as by looking at the Catakig code, it seems it doesn't even handle key depressed events, and I am sure that confuses software in the emulator. Specifically, it looks like each key is only pressed for 1/60th of a second.
Thanks again, --fred