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- From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
- Subject: Re: System 7 BUG: Mac Plus keyboard flaw
- Message-ID: <2tqngfa.leonardr@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 16:45:18 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Sep7.123633.1@vax1.tcd.ie>
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- In article <1992Sep7.123633.1@vax1.tcd.ie> fsullivn@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
- > IMPORTANT BUG IN SYSTEM 7
- >
- > Conflict between System 7 and Mac Plus keyboards.
- >
- >The command-right_arrow combination seems to be the main visible effect of this
- >problem.
- >
- This is _NOT A BUG_!!
-
- The MacPlus keyboard returns a different set of "codes" for the
- arrow keys than ADB keyboards do. Since the MacPlus is not longer a shippping
- product, most application software does not support the "odd" arrow key
- sequences generated by the Plus keyboard.
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