[Coco] keyboard emulation - your opinions?

Christopher Hawks chawks at dls.net
Sat Aug 4 10:42:26 EDT 2007


Bob Devries wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'd like to find what your opinion of how keyboards should work in an emulator.
> 
> My opinion is that the keyboard of the PC should create characters on
> the emulated computer in such a way that I do not have to remember
> where the keys are.
> 
> If I press [ on the PC keyboard while I'm running the emulator, it
> should create that character on the emulator screen. If the computer
> that is being emulated does not have that particular key or character,
> then nothing should be printed, or a warning sound made.
> 
> Can I have other opinions about this?

	I think you are right! I would prefer that method too.

-- 
Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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in the mad rush to upgrade systems to do things that aren't needed by
people who don't understand what they are really supposed to do with them.
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