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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0288 08/03/87
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AST 5250 EMULATION WITH DESQVIEW
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On page 2-38 of the AST-5250/Emulation Program Base manual (part
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number 000425-001), it is specified that "you must remap the 5250
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'Error Reset' key, the PC 'Alt' key, to avoid conflict with
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DESQview's operation...It is, therefore, recommended that the
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"ESC" key be remapped as the "Error Reset" key for a 83/84 type
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keyboard. And the "~`" key remapped as the "Error Reset" key for
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a 101/102 type keyboard. Both these keys ("ESC" for 83/84
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keyboard and "~`" for 101/102 keyboard) will be referred to as
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the 5250 "~`" key from now on.
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The following procedure outlines the necessary steps needed
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to perform the operation:
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1. First swap the scan codes for the 5250 "`~" key with
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the "Error Reset" key. Both upper and lower case
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must be remapped.
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a. Go into the REMAP_SC option in the CFG5251
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program.
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b. Choose key 1 (the PC position for uppercase
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"~`") to remap (that position should currently
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be BE), change to FE (scan code for uppercase
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"Error Reset").
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c. Choose key 56 (the PC position for uppercase
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"Error Reset") to remap, change to BE.
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d. Press Esc to go into lowercase mode.
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e. Choose key 1 and change scan code to 7E.
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f. Choose key 56 and change scan code to 3E.
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g. Press Esc to save changes.
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2. Now swap the control functions for the 5250 "~`" key
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with the "Error Reset" key.
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a. Go into the REMAP_CTRL option in the CFG5251
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program.
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b. Choose 2 (the Alt control function, should be
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38 - the PC scan code for "Error Reset").
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c. Enter 1A (dummy scan code, because two scan
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codes with the same values are not allowed).
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d. Choose 1 (the Esc control function, should be 1
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- the PC scan code for "~`").
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e. Enter 38.
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f. Choose 2 again
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g. Enter 1.
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h. Press Esc to save changes.
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The 5250 "~`" key and "Error Reset" key have now been completely
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swapped and will function accordingly. Now to produce an "Error
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Reset", just keep the 5250 "~`" key down (which is 101/102
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keyboard's "~`" key or a 83/84 keyboard's "Esc" key). To do a
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"round-robin" hot-key press <Esc>-<Alt> for 83/84 type keyboards
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or <~`>-<Esc> for 101/102 type keyboards. Keeping the Alt key
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down will now invoke a DESQview command instead of an "Error
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Reset".
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