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Re: PS-2 Keyboard for Aplle II ?

thewises wrote:

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With the AT, IBM changed the protocol to a bidirectional one, making it possible to send commands to the keyboard, such as changing the typematic rate. All PCs since then have used this protocol. 

One of the more obvious uses of sending data *to* a keyboard is
to turn the Scroll Lock and Num Lock lights on and off.

-michael

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