Re: game controller
On Sun, January 3, 2016 6:01 pm, Paul Fox wrote: > the only mistake i see in your new section is that there are 4 buttons, > not 5. At first I visualized the D-pad as a game controller and the four action buttons as a second controller. But really the two together function as a typical controller. I've done some rewriting. Hopefully it's better rather than worse. > i suspect the names came about when the PC/AT keyboard was introduced by > IBM. i think that was the first PC keyboard to have a separate > numeric keypad. (but that's just an informed guess.) Thanks. Probably not necessary in the wiki page but interesting. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202 or +13606390202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://easthope.ca/Shop.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: game controller
peter wrote: > Greetings to all for the New Year, > > Paul Fox, pgf at laptop.org, Sat Dec 5 11:02:48 EST 2015, > > the "game controller" is simply 4 separate electrical contacts ... > > ... use 'xev' to check ... > > A "Hardware" section now in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_controller . > Corrections, criticisms and suggestions welcome. the only mistake i see in your new section is that there are 4 buttons, not 5. > > Can anyone tell where the nomenclature "KP_Up" and etc. originated? > A mainframe console in the 1960s? i suspect the names came about when the PC/AT keyboard was introduced by IBM. i think that was the first PC keyboard to have a separate numeric keypad. (but that's just an informed guess.) paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_controller
Greetings to all for the New Year, Paul Fox, pgf at laptop.org, Sat Dec 5 11:02:48 EST 2015, > the "game controller" is simply 4 separate electrical contacts ... > ... Â use 'xev' to check ... A "Hardware" section now in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_controller . Corrections, criticisms and suggestions welcome. Can anyone tell where the nomenclature "KP_Up" and etc. originated? A mainframe console in the 1960s? Thanks,... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202 or +13606390202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://easthope.ca/Shop.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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Greetings to all for the New Year, Paul Fox, pgf at laptop.org, Sat Dec 5 11:02:48 EST 2015, > the "game controller" is simply 4 separate electrical contacts ... > ... use 'xev' to check ... A "Hardware" section now in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_controller . Corrections, criticisms and suggestions welcome. Can anyone tell where the nomenclature "KP_Up" and etc. originated? A mainframe console in the 1960s? Thanks,... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202 or +13606390202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://easthope.ca/Shop.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
