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from: Michael J. Mahon
date: 2008-10-22 01:44:24
subject: Re: Keyboard documentation

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.jpg
> 
> Any 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,
> 
> --fred
> 
> PS: 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...

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 ;-).

-michael

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