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- From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
- Subject: Re: System 7 BUG: Mac Plus keyboard flaw
- Message-ID: <aland.715890546@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Organization: As little as possible
- References: <1992Sep7.123633.1@vax1.tcd.ie> <2tqngfa.leonardr@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:29:06 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
- >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.
-
- While I agree that it isn't _really_ a bug, it is an incompatibility
- which Apple should have at least noted in some documentation (Tech
- Note? System 7 manual?). Along with the 'reasoning' behind whatever
- design decision led to NCSA Telnet not being able to re-map option to
- control in System 7.
-
- Again, just to be clear. I agree that Apple shouldn't have to support
- each & every permutation of Macintosh ever designed, but I do feel
- that there should be some documentation of the decisions which lead to
- incompatibilities between the system software and older (but still
- viable) Macintosh models.
-
- -=Alan
-