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|    Anthony Ortiz to Michael J. Mahon    |
|    Re: Detect key at startup    |
|    18 Jul 22 22:23:09    |
      From: anthonypaulo@gmail.com              On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 6:07:49 PM UTC-4, Michael J. Mahon wrote:       > > Hey guys,        > >        > > My peripheral card acts as an accelerator (a faster 6502) so what I would        > > like to do is make it so that the card is enabled (Ie. acceleration is        > > enabled) whenever an extra key is detected during reboot.       > Since Reset must be assumed to reset the keyboard port along with the rest        > of the system, I suggest polling for a (code-generating) keypress within a        > short window (say, two seconds) *after* Reset. If the key is pressed during        > the window, clear the strobe (to “consume” the keypress) and then enable        > your card.       > --        > -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com              Thanks Michael, that sounds like the proper thing to do. I'm guessing I should       check the open-apple paddle-button location to distinguish between a reset and       reboot.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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