Re: Re Xy on VISTA--sleep mode

["andy turnbull" andyt@xxxxxxxx]

you need to get a keyboard map, and make your own keyboard.
there is a command in dos that will make a key print it's number when you
press it. I forget the command, but someone must know it.
if you write your own keyboard, you can make any key do anything you want --
in most cases. There are some machines apparently where Windows will
over-ride your keyboard, but I'm not having that trouble now.

andy t
----- Original Message -----
From: "J R FOX" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Re Xy on VISTA--sleep mode
--- Harry Binswanger  wrote:
I don't understand how one could have problems,
given that real DOS is used
in Win98. If DOS is DOS, and Xy is Xy, how could the
hardware make a
difference? Or was there a difference with DOS
programs other than Xy, too?

Keyboard Scan Codes: those of laptop keyboards have
*never* had anything like full congruence with their
desktop brethren. Not as many keys, for starters.
Remember the doubled-up Numpad keys, FN (function)
key, and so on ? I think they are less standardized
also, with brand / model / BIOS variations. So, using
a full-size external (desktop) keyboard should make
_some_ difference, perhaps a lot.

Whenever I knew I had to make use of a particular
laptop for any extended period (which has been a rare
occurrence), if I wanted to use Xy without going
crazy, the first thing I had to do was use a scancode
utility to map out exactly how that laptop "saw" its
keyboard. It was a sure thing that several of my
longstanding Xy keyboard macros were going to require
a temporary reassignment.


Jordan




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