Re: XyWrite 4 under Win2K/XP

["cmadsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

That moon and sun are the sleep and wakeup keys, I bet.

You can figure out the scan codes for these new keys with this little
program:

≪RC≫ ≪SX01,≪VA$SC≫≪PR@01≫

Run the program, then press the key whose scan code you want. Then you
should be able to reprogram it in the keyboard file.

chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: XyWrite 4 under Win2K/XP


> After reading all the posts on this question (and we've been round the
> mulberry bush on it so often that some members--not I--are sick of it), I
> keep wondering if there isn't a hardware component. I'm in the process of
> setting up a new system; it's fairly slow by current standards (1.1 GHz),
> but it runs so fast that hitting DEL to get into setup on boot (which I
> need to do frequently in the process of tweaking things) is no easy job.
> If one doesn't hit the key at just the right moment, for just the right
> length of time, one has missed one's window of opportunity. Now the
> keyboard interface, IIRC, hasn't changed much since the introduction of
> the AT; oh, M$ added those Windows keys, and my new system has a couple
> of strange keys between the "Insert-Home-PgUp-Delete-End-PgDn" group and
> the dedicated cursor keys (one has something that looks like an
> automobile steering wheel, the other two have stylized crescent moon and
> rising sun; any guess as to what they're for, anybody?). But keyboards
> are basically what they were 10 years ago. So perhaps the name-brands are
> doing something to the keyboard interface to make it mesh better with
> today's high-speed systems. And mucking up Xy in the process.
> It might be useful if those who are running Xy under Win2K/XP
> sucessfully listed their basic hardware, and those who aren't listed
> theirs; a pattern might emerge.
> Patricia
>
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