Thanks Josh!!!! Didn't realize the M100 switches were alps. Just picked up an 
old apple board with (presumably) orange alps which works great for my desktop 
setup with a usb convertor. 
Nick



> On Aug 31, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> No - WP-2 is rubber membrane and very cost-reduced. M100 key switches are 
> alps. M102 key switches are alps clones that I haven't identified and are 
> very different feeling.
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 12:59 PM Nick Shaner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Very helpful info! For keyboard enthusiasts like myself, does the WP-2 share 
>> the M 100 keyboard? Also I have never popped a keycap off the M 100, what 
>> sort of switches are in these? I’m assuming mechanical? 
>> 
>> Nick
>>> On Aug 27, 2019, at 7:25 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> "  I haven’t tried with LaddieAlpha to see if the WP-2 supports folders 
>>> there – I bet it doesn’t."
>>> 
>>> Nope. The directory extensions are TS-DOS + Desklink specific.
>>> 
>>> LaddieAlpha implements the directory extensions, but the WP-2 doesn't know 
>>> about them.
>>> 
>>> DLplus also works with WP-2 last time I checked. I just don't check any 
>>> more since I focus support on LaddieAlpha.
>>> 
>>> The main thing that the WP-2 expects is directory enumeration in "both" 
>>> directions, forward and backwards.
>>> 
>>> TS-DOS only enumerates the directory in the forward order.
>>> 
>>> The WP-2 uses the "GET-PREVIOUS" entry TPDD command and that's the main 
>>> reason why other emulators don't work with the WP-2.
>>> 
>>> -- John.
>> 

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