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Keyboard ID
OS SWI Calls
» OS_InstallKeyHandler
» Keyboard ID
Keyboard ID
The keyboard ID indicates the overall mapping between key caps (i.e. physical keys on a keyboard) and the Low-Level Internal Key Numbers that the keyboard driver uses to communicate key presses to the system via KeyV.
| ID | Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Archimedes style keyboard (old-style) |
| 2 | PC-AT keyboard (PS/2, USB) (new-style) 1 |
| 3 | RCMM handset (NCOS) |
| 4 | Pandora keyboard/controller |
| 255 | None |
1 Also used to specify the keyboard type for the Acorn A4 notebook.
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