Commander X16

On 1/13/2021 at 8:49 AM, EMwhite said:

Can you provide a snippet of code, just so we can marvel at how complex it is.  It doesn't have to work by itself, just curious to see it (I too had a PostScript book in the 90s and recall 'throwing' code at our AppleLaser printer, but nothing like this!). Well done!



 

I'll clean it up a bit then post the whole thing today.

On 1/13/2021 at 8:49 AM, EMwhite said:

Can you provide a snippet of code, just so we can marvel at how complex it is.  It doesn't have to work by itself, just curious to see it (I too had a PostScript book in the 90s and recall 'throwing' code at our AppleLaser printer, but nothing like this!). Well done!



 

I've attached the entire file, cleaned up nicely.  But here's a small snippet, as requested:

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34 outline

(@)(2)(Wht)(Brn) digit-key



34 outline

(#)(3)(Red)(L.Red) digit-key



34 outline

($)(4)(Cyn)(D.Gry) digit-key



34 outline

gsave

  0.6 setgray

  newpath 25 8 4 60 300 arc stroke

  20 9.3 moveto 26 9.3 lineto stroke

  20 7.3 moveto 26 7.3 lineto stroke

grestore

(%)(5)(Pur)(M.Gry) digit-key



 



 

 


x16-keycap-stickers.ps

Anyone has this keycap stickers image stored. Seems to be missing from the post.

All inline attachments prior to this year have to be recovered manually. I can recover files by hand when needed.

I have attached the original PS and PNG files to the original post.

The key called SHIFT LOCK actually works as CAPS LOCK; at least in the x16emu emulator. On C64 SHIFT LOCK really worked as SHIFT LOCK, e.g. SHIFT LOCK 1 was !.

Yep, "shift lock" was literally a switch that made the keyboard behave like the left shift key was constantly held down.

Even on the CX16, it acts as a modern caps lock instead -- the kernal sees it as a regular key press, keeps track of whether caps lock mode should be on or off, and is responsible for figuring out which keys are supposed to be affected by it. So the label is technically wrong.