15 Jun
2013
15 Jun
'13
11:35 p.m.
I'm trying to add XT KB support to a project here, and I am having
trouble sorting out a few scan codes. A response over at the VC Forum
notes I should grab these two references, so I am wondering if anyone
has a link or soft copy.
I created my PS2/XT mapping using this matrix:
http://ilkerf.tripod.com/c64tower/F_Keyboard_FAQ.html#KEYBOARDFAQ_037
And that matches up with ChukG's AT2XT project, except for '\' (the link
has it as decimal 29, Chuck's project has it at 42, and he has 0x61 PS/2
code mapped to decimal 45 XT code. I don't know either of those codes.
But, that mapping does not match up with most of the maps on the net.
Jim
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16 Jun
2:42 a.m.
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:35:56PM -0500, Jim Brain wrote:
I'm trying to add XT KB support to a project here,
and I am having
trouble sorting out a few scan codes. A response over at the VC
Forum notes I should grab these two references, so I am wondering if
anyone has a link or soft copy.
Probably making an ass of myself (I've done several keyboard drivers in SW but
have never hacked the HW protocol), but why wouldn't \ be 2Bh? That's what
it looks like to software (on a PC or XT, or on an AT/later with translation
enabled), and it's what the table on page 1-77 of the PC Tech Ref 2.02 says
(I have the original manual but nothing machine-readable, sorry).
The AT Tech Ref seems to say (on page 4-11) that the raw code is 5Dh (with an
0F0h prefix for "break"). They're talking about the 84-key keyboard, but
the
EKB would have to emulate that.
John Wilson
D Bit
2:53 a.m.
On 6/16/2013 1:42 AM, John Wilson wrote:
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:35:56PM -0500, Jim Brain
wrote:
I could go for
2b, but chuck's mapping is not 2b (could not resist :-)
His comment:
"There was a lot of cut and try--the amount of bad information out there
is staggering. Ultimately, I used the 5170 techref KB section as a
reference, along with the 5150 tecref. IBM tends to get their
documentation right.
You'd better believe that I got the backslash mapping right for a
machine that pretty much runs DOS only!"
And he has it as 2a. (42)
If I had an XT here (or knew someone handy with AVRs with an XT that
could test), I'd just test it that way...
(I thought sure the SLT/286 was an XT KB, but it's AT, and my CBM colt
is AT as well...)
Jim
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I'm trying to add XT KB support to a project
here, and I am having
trouble sorting out a few scan codes. A response over at the VC
Forum notes I should grab these two references, so I am wondering if
anyone has a link or soft copy.
Probably making an ass of myself (I've done
several keyboard drivers in SW but
have never hacked the HW protocol), but why wouldn't \ be 2Bh? That's what
it looks like to software (on a PC or XT, or on an AT/later with translation
enabled), and it's what the table on page 1-77 of the PC Tech Ref 2.02 says
(I have the original manual but nothing machine-readable, sorry).
3:26 a.m.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 01:53:18AM -0500, Jim Brain wrote:
I could go for 2b, but chuck's mapping is not 2b
(could not resist :-)
Groan!
"There was a lot of cut and try--the amount of bad
information out
there is staggering. Ultimately, I used the 5170 techref KB section
as a reference, along with the 5150 tecref. IBM tends to get their
documentation right.
Apparently not -- that's where I got 2Bh (from the 5150 Tech Ref V2.02).
And he has it as 2a. (42)
I can't argue with results. If only I could resist asking what he has
for left shift (if *it's* not 2Ah). I think I almost did. It's late.
Well good luck! This kind of nitty-gritty stuff is always fun...
John Wilson
D Bit
8:05 a.m.
New subject: [cctalk] Re: IBM 5150 or 5170 reference PDFs?
On 06/16/2013 02:53 AM, Jim Brain wrote:
If I had an XT here (or knew someone handy with AVRs
with an XT that could
test), I'd just test it that way...
I have an XT, and AVR programming facilities here. Let me know if I can be
of assistance.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
3:35 a.m.
On 16/06/2013 04:35, Jim Brain wrote:
I'm trying to add XT KB support to a project here,
and I am having
trouble sorting out a few scan codes. A response over at the VC Forum
notes I should grab these two references, so I am wondering if anyone
has a link or soft copy.
I created my PS2/XT mapping using this matrix:
http://ilkerf.tripod.com/c64tower/F_Keyboard_FAQ.html#KEYBOARDFAQ_037
And that matches up with ChukG's AT2XT project, except for '\' (the
link has it as decimal 29, Chuck's project has it at 42, and he has
0x61 PS/2 code mapped to decimal 45 XT code. I don't know either of
those codes.
I think that may be because of international keyboards. Try
http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/scan.htm
and look at the info on int1 and int2. John is e-mailable
http://www.quadibloc.com/ctact.htm
But, that mapping does not match up with most of the
maps on the net.
Jim
Dave
2:08 p.m.
The Tech refs can be found at http://ibm-pc.org.
Also, consult the two documents (Microsoft has a very good whose links I
posted in my VC Forum response. In particular, note that AT-PS/2 key
45/scan code 61h is present on 102 and 106 key "international"
keyboards, but not on the standard US 101 key model.
--Chuck
2:49 p.m.
If you weren't already aware,
MOV AH, 0
INT 16h
waits for a key press (other than any kind of "shift"), and returns with
the ASCII code in AL and the scan code in AH
Note that the BIOS will have had an opportunity to "process" the
information from the keyboard, and substitute a different ASCII code or
Scan code "for your convenience" (such as "correcting" a
non-standard
kayboard), converting duplicated keys into their legacy values, etc.
NOT FOR XT: function 10h does not do as much "processing", and will give
different codes for some duplicate keys
These are NOT the only BIOS functions for keyboard, and it is not hard to
go below the BIOS if you want to look for non-standard combinations, such
as differentiating between L, R, or both shift keys.
3:01 p.m.
On Sun, 16 Jun 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The Tech refs can be found at http://ibm-pc.org.
Or, a dead-tree xerox FPUIB. (Free Pickup In Berkeloey (or $20 Priority
Mail))
(from last month:
A lot of this crap will end up dumpstered.
For example, who wants a giant binder containing a xerox of the
"PC-DOS 3.00 Technical Reference Manual" and xerox of most of the
"AT Technical Reference" (first versions - prob'ly NOT pre-release,
but before they were available retail)?
or handful of old issues of Nuts And Volts?
a few OEP? (Japanese English language computer mag)
or the Microtimes with Bob Wallace on the cover? (I can't find a current
contact for Megan Dana-Wallace)
"Laffer Utilities"?
Windows 3.10 Software Development Kit "Guide To Programming" (don't know
yet where the rest of the SDK is)?
Research Institute Of America, "Guide to Sales and Use taxes 1993"?
7:43 p.m.
On 6/16/2013 1:08 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The Tech refs can be found at http://ibm-pc.org.
Also, consult the two documents (Microsoft has a very good whose links
I posted in my VC Forum response. In particular, note that AT-PS/2
key 45/scan code 61h is present on 102 and 106 key "international"
keyboards, but not on the standard US 101 key model.
--Chuck
UNderstood. What's tripping me up is the MS ref shows |\ on 29 on US
kbs, 42 on intl kbs (some of them, others have <> on 42). Anyway, since
you send 42 all the time, you're sending the INTL version of the code
all the time, and I'm wondering if the PC deals with that internally, or
if a US machine balks at getting an INTL code that would never be sent
on the US KB.
What does one call the 0x61 INtl PS/2 key? PS2_KEY_????
Jim
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Jim Brain
brain at jbrain.com
www.jbrain.com
10:55 p.m.
On 06/16/2013 04:43 PM, Jim Brain wrote:
UNderstood. What's tripping me up is the MS ref
shows |\ on 29 on US
kbs, 42 on intl kbs (some of them, others have <> on 42). Anyway, since
you send 42 all the time, you're sending the INTL version of the code
all the time, and I'm wondering if the PC deals with that internally, or
if a US machine balks at getting an INTL code that would never be sent
on the US KB.
What does one call the 0x61 INtl PS/2 key? PS2_KEY_????
Well, Microsoft calls 42 and 45 "Europe 2" and "Europe 1". If you
look
at an image of a 102 key British-layout keyboard, you'll see the
difference- note the extra backslash key to the right of the left shift.
Similarly, note that the backslash key on the US keyboard has been
replaced by a double-high, single-wide ENTER key and that there's a key
with the octothorpe/tide key between quote and ENTER. (Keyboard layout
168).
Call it what you want...
--Chuck
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