12 Jan
1999
12 Jan
'99
9:12 a.m.
Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote:
If you ever get the chance, have a look at the layout
of a PET chicklet
keyboard. It is quite clever. PETSCII, unlike ASCII, _does_ make
connections between codes for shifted keys and those for unshifted keys -
You missed my point entirely. My point wasn't that in ASCII that the
shifted and unshifted keys weren't related in a simple binary manner.
My point was that ASCII _has_no_concept_ of keys, or mappings thereof.
To speak of shift-$ with regard to ASCII is a complete non-sequitur. To
speak of it with regard to a PET makes perfect sense, but it's not ASCII.
I've never seen a formal definition of PETSCII, so I can't comment on
whether PETSCII defines the keyboard mapping.
So although PETSCII is not ASCII, don't knock it.
It worked well.
Who was knocking anything? All I was trying to do was to clarify that ASCII
defines no key mappings.
The PET 2001 was the first microcomputer I used. I have fond memories
of it, and I have a 2001, an 8032, and an SP-9000 in my collection.
Eric