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Re: How to program my own keyboard driver?

From Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject Re: How to program my own keyboard driver?
Date 2013-09-20 09:31 -0400
Organization University of Waterloo
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Rod Pemberton writes:
>  From a PET schematic, it appears the keyboard works similarly to the C64.

Ruud Baltissen  <rbaltissen@gmail.com> wrote:
>It depends how you define 'similar'. The C64 has an 8 * 8 matrix,
>the PET/CBM an incomplete 8 * 10 matrix. They are NOT interchangable.

They're similar using the ordinary and usual meaning of the word.  
 
>> I'm surprised you're not familiar with these Ruud since ....
>
>Of course I'm familiar with them. But the first three ones have an USB
>interface which, without a DOS driver, are worthless. 

No, not if your motherboard supports USB keyboards, which most if not
all Pentium II era motherboards did. 

						Ross Ridge

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How to program my own keyboard driver? Ruud Baltissen <rbaltissen@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 09:26 -0700
  Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2013-09-20 06:02 +0700
    Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ruud Baltissen <rbaltissen@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 03:07 -0700
  Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-09-20 00:03 -0400
    Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ruud Baltissen <rbaltissen@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 03:38 -0700
      Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-09-20 09:19 -0400
  Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-20 00:53 -0400
    Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ruud Baltissen <rbaltissen@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 03:42 -0700
      Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-09-20 09:31 -0400
      Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-20 15:07 -0400
        Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-09-21 11:56 -0400
  Re: How to program my own keyboard driver? "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2013-09-20 20:21 -0500

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