Hello,
I’ve seen that on Wyse terminals used for library OPAC’s (online public access
catalog) running Dynix.
Tommy Chang
> On Mar 10, 2024, at 7:22 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I took a second look and here are the keys that were 'locked':
> Set Up
> Break
> Del
> Line INS
O my Lord what have we here? Service Merchandise? They seemed to be the sole
supplier of the ITT Xtra pcs. I had the ITT Xtra XP, an xt/80286 hybrid (no 16
bit isa slots). The memories!!
I learned how to hack games on some Origin title. A.D. 2042 or what have you.
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I took a second look and here are the keys that were 'locked':
Set Up
Break
Del
Line INS Char
Line DEL Char
Scrn CLR Line
INS Repl
Escape
Home
All the Arrow keys, up, down, right, left
It's a standard ASCII Wyse Keyboard
Doug
On 3/10/2024 6:10 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
> I thought,
> I thought, at first, some dirt or debris had gotten stuck there, but
> on closer look I saw something black below the keys that seemed to be
> stuck. I pulled a key cap off and found a U shaped piece of black
> plastic that was put there on purpose to prevent you from depressing
> the key.
On 3/10/24 14:39, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
[snip]
The question came to mind; "What sort of application would be so crude
that you would have to prevent the user from depressing certain keys?"
In the late 1980's I recall being on a trading floor in Tokyo and seeing
a keyboard with
