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Post #3 by Trash80toHP_Mini
Source Forum68kMLA
CategorySoftware
Post DateMon, 1 Mar 2010 - 20:37
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/simple-resedit-pb-keyboard-hack.19998/
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Ergo, I did a poor job of explaining this simple firmware hack! :I

If you use ResEdit to remap the keys in the "Caps Lock" KCHR resource, you can make up just about any keyboard mapping you want. It's a really great idea to replace the, relatively useless and oft-times infuriating, Caps Lock function. After remapping, just make the "alternate character stickers" for your new Caps Lock function and apply!

On BabyPB, and all the Duos who followed in her Bookkeeping duties, this KCHR Hack and a new rev of the stickers followed along and even improved a just a bit over time.

Back in the day, there were several ShareWare versions of the "Embedded Numeric KeyPad" Caps Lock Key Map available. For a change, I took the idea a fair bit over the top and created the most perfect Keyboard layout I could imagine for running Quicken and the ClarisWorks Spreadsheet I used to run my business.

AFAIK, no KBD mfr. has EVER put a TAB key where it BELONGS, next to the "home row" of the Numeric Keypad where it's exceedingly handy for Tabbing & Shift-Tabbing amongst the fields in Quicken, Spreadsheet and Database Apps.

Now you know why I snagged one of those vintage keyboards! }:)

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