Re: [Plib-users] Don't Do This!

[Cameron M. <li...@to...>]

* sjb...@ai... (Steve Baker) [2001.12.30 21:32]:
> The rule is approximately that if you hold down three keys that form
> the corners of a rectangle on the keyboards 'scan matrix' (E, C and I
> for example) then depending on the age of your keyboard, you'll either
> find that the third key you press will be ignored *or* the key at the
> fourth corner of that rectangle will appear to be pressed even though
> it isn't!

Hmm...that is weird.

> I thought for a while about picking keys that didn't form the corners
> of such squares (eg E, C and G work at the same time) - but rapidly
> realised that I couldn't come up with anything remotely ergonomic
> in that way...not even for two players - let alone three or four!
> 
> So now I have to rethink this in terms of two players using joysticks,
> one using the keyboard and another using the mouse.

You want four people using the same keyboard?  Have you had too much
egg nog?  :-)  Seriously though, I don't think I've ever played a PC
game where more than two people used the keyboard at the same time, and
it seems impracticle to think people would want to in the first place.

Anyway, I wasn't aware of the goofy PC keyboard behavior you are brought
up.  Thanks for bringing it up...
-- 
Cameron Moore