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in a DOS wind ow of Wind ows 9x
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and in a DOS wind ow of Wind ows NT, Wind ows 2000 and Wind ows XP.
Sen ding and Re cei ving tab les, ho we ver, is only pos si ble un der MS DOS or
Wind ows 9x. The re stric tions of Wind ows NT/ 2000/ XP do not al low this.
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a
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A
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*
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00
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{Ctrl+F5}
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{Shift+F8}
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{Alt+F1}
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{Alt+#123}
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{Ctrl+f}{Alt+#240}
For a num ber of codes sym bo lic na mes are avai la ble, like F1, .., F12, Shift,
Ctrl, Alt, AltGr, En ter, Re turn, Left, PgUp etc.
Spe ci fi ca ti on of codes not only may be done in sym bo lic form like abo ve, but
also as he xa de ci mal 8042 scan codes. This, ho we ver, is only in a few ca ses
re qui red and will make sen se!
Spe ci fy ing he xa de ci mal scan codes should be avoi ded at all, un less the re
are good rea sons! A fair ly good knowled ge of their struc tu re and all their
de tails is re qui red!
Be fo re pro gram ming the fol lo wing is to be de fi ned:
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Tar get MSR (can not be chan ged la ter)
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Key bo ard langua ge, e.g. US for USA, GR for Ger ma ny etc.
Spe ci fi ca ti on of the langua ge is re qui red to al low the MSR to de li ver such
codes, that can be in ter pre ted la ter cor rect ly by the langua ge key bo ard
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