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Diversi-Key(tm)
By Bill Basham
Copyright 1987 DSR, Inc.
Version 1.0
INSTRUCTIONS
PLEASE COPY THIS DISK AND GIVE IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
It is legal to copy and distribute this disk. However, to legally
use the Diversi-Key program on this disk, you must send payment
within 2 weeks. Please send $45 directly to:
DSR, Inc.
34880 Bunker Hill
Farmington, MI 48018-2728
You will receive a user support number, and a new disk with the
latest version of Diversi-Key. Your honesty will help us distribute
future programs in this same, low-cost way.
INTRODUCTION
Diversi-Key is a keyboard macro utility for the Apple //gs, which can
be used to automate the keyboard input for most programs which run on
the //gs.
You install Diversi-Key permanently into the //gs expansion memory,
where it stays available while you run other programs (such as
Appleworks). Your other programs run normally, until you activate
Diversi-Key by holding down the "option" key on the //gs keyboard.
While holding down the option key, the next keys you press are
interpreted as a "Macro" call. When you call a macro, Diversi-Key
takes over your keyboard, and rapidly types a pre-defined sequence of
keystrokes for you. You'll find that Diversi-Key greatly increases
the power and utility of your other programs.
When you hold down the option key, your program will pause
temporarily, and resume when you let the option key up. You can
press the option key to stop the program any time, i.e. to read a
screen message which is scrolling by. Whenever the option key is
down, you will see an inverse "K" in the upper right corner of the
text screen (when in text mode only).
Diversi-Key requires an Apple //gs with at least 512K. The Apple
//gs comes with 256K, so you must buy a memory card with at least
256K, which plugs into the //gs memory expansion slot.
START WITH APPLEWORKS
When you boot your Appleworks disk, if it says "ProDOS 1.1.1", then
you should update the "PRODOS" file with a //gs version (ProDOS 1.2
or later). Use the //gs system utility program to transfer the file
named "PRODOS" from the Diversi-Key disk to your Appleworks disk,
replacing the old "PRODOS". This gives the correct time and date
stamping of your files, and allows Diversi-Key to function.
Note: Don't transfer the file named "PRODOS" on the //gs system disk
to any other disk. Use the "PRODOS" on the Diversi-Key disk.
Diversi-Key comes with built-in macros for use with Appleworks 2.0.
To get started, boot the Diversi-Key disk and choose the menu option
to install Diversi-Key. This also installs the Appleworks macros.
To verify that Diversi-Key is active, press the option key. An
inverse "K" should appear in the upper right corner of the screen.
Now boot your Appleworks disk, and choose the options to start a new
word processing file from scratch. Name the file "KEYMAC".
Appleworks should be in the mode where what you type appears on the
screen, as if you were going to type a letter.
While holding the option key down (inverse "K" appears), press
the minus key, "-", on the KEYPAD, twice. Diversi-Key will now
display all the built-in Appleworks macro definitions, typing them
into a word processing file.
If you aren't in the right Appleworks mode to be able to type input,
you may hear a lot of beeps, and the screen will go "crazy" as
Diversi-Key continues typing. Don't panic! Hit the panic button.
Press: OPEN-APPLE_CONTROL_DELETE (halts Diversi-Key any time)
Your "KEYMAC" file should begin like this:
[0001=<A>] |
Appleworks Macros: May 15, 1987
[0008=<left>][A-Repeat:020]{<tab>}[End-A]|
Jump to start of line
[0009=<tab>][A-Repeat:020]<tab>[End-A]|
Jump to right margin
[0010=<down>]<right>{f}ONP<ret><ret>|
Find next page break
.... more definitions follow
You trigger a macro by holding the option key down, and pressing the
key to the right of the first "=" sign. The first macro,
option-ctrl-A, is just a comment, and does nothing.
To trigger the second macro, hold the option key down and press the
left arrow key. The cursor will jump to the start of the line. The
words under the macro tell you what the macro does.
option-<tab> jumps to the right margin, for example.
Use Appleworks to print out the "KEYMAC" file, and look through all
the macro options. One very useful macro is the date macro, which
you trigger by pressing option-semi-colon. Its definition looks like
this:
[0059=;][99.] [93.], 19[94.]|
Date
Don't be concerned with the number before the "=", or with the
definition itself for now. Just look for the macro key, and read the
description of what it does on the line below the definition.
Keep your "KEYMAC" printout handy as a reference. You may find the
pre-defined macros are enough, in which case you can stop reading
right here! Later, if you want to use the full power of Diversi-Key,
you can study the rest of these instructions.
USING PINPOINT:
Many Appleworks add-ons, such as Pinpoint, use the option key as a
trigger. To use Diversi-Key with these programs, change the
Diversi-Key "trigger" key before booting Appleworks, as follows:
1. Boot the Diversi-Key disk and install Diversi-Key with the
Appleworks macros.
2. Holding the option key down, enter the number "42." on the
keypad. That is, enter: "4", then "2", then ".", all on the KEYPAD.
3. Now boot Appleworks, and use the option key to trigger Pinpoint as
usual.
4. You now trigger Diversi-Key by pressing the OPEN-APPLE key AND
the OPTION key together.
Note: Be sure you change the trigger key BEFORE booting Appleworks.
Then, install Pinpoint before using Diversi-Key. If Pinpoint won't
install, try re-booting Appleworks and don't use Diversi-Key until it
Pinpoint is installed.
DEFINING SIMPLE KEYBOARD MACROS
To define a macro, hold the option key down and press the "=" on the
numeric KEYPAD. Then, press the key on the KEYBOARD which you want
to define. Now, type the macro definition on the KEYBOARD. When
you're through with your definition, press the KEYPAD <enter> key.
For example, to define the option-D key as a macro which types
"Hello", enter the following keystrokes:
[option-keypad-=]D
Hello<enter>
More details on defining macros are described later.
SAVING AND LOADING MACROS
After you define a macro, it is held in memory until you turn the
machine off. To save it to disk, you must first enter BASIC. You
can do this by booting the Diversi-Key disk, and choosing the "Exit
to BASIC" option. Or, from the system disk, choose "BASIC.SYSTEM"
from the launcher or desktop.
When you enter BASIC, you will see the Applesoft prompt, ]. To save
your macro file, hold the option key down and enter the following on
the KEYPAD:
1.2.
You should see the word "BSAVE", and a prompt to enter a filename.
Pick a name for your file, and enter it. Then, press return. The
file will be saved to disk.
To install the new macros later, get to BASIC and enter:
BRUN filename (where filename is the name you entered when saving)
Note: To get back to the launcher after entering BASIC, enter:
BYE
APPLE //E UPGRADE
If you upgrade your Apple //e with the new //gs motherboard, you
won't have the full //gs numeric keypad. To simulate keypad keys on
the //e upgrade, hold the open-apple and option(solid-apple) keys
down together, and press one of the following:
Digits 0..9
=/*+-.
<delete> (same as keypad <clear>
INTERRUPTS
Diversi-Key activates 60-cycle interrupts on the //gs. This may
cause problems with some programs which read or write to a 5.25 drive
without disabling the interrupt. In particular, Copy II+ versions
before 7.4 will destroy 5.25 disks if you write on them with
interrupts active (there is no problem with 3.5 drives). If you plan
to use Copy II+ with 5.25 drives, be sure you get version 7.4 or
greater.
This problem also shows up if you try to boot ProDOS from a 5.25
drive using PR#6. To avoid the problem, boot with
open-apple-ctrl-reset, or use special macro [10.] (described later).
The Diversi-Key disk contains a file named BOOTFIX which will update
the boot tracks on a 5.25 ProDOS disk to correct this problem. Exit
to BASIC and enter:
BRUN BOOTFIX
Then, put in your 5.25 disk and press <space> to fix it.
INSTALLATION
Diversi-Key may be installed automatically from the menu when you
boot the Diversi-Key disk. You only boot this disk once, at power
on. The Diversi-Key program is actually a binary file named
"DIVKEY". Diversi-Key may be installed under ProDOS or DOS 3.3 with:
BRUN DIVKEY
Once Diversi-Key is installed, it stays in memory permanently until a
power off re-boot. That is, Diversi-Key stays installed even if you
reboot with open-apple-ctrl-reset.
ERRORS: When you BRUN DIVKEY, you will hear a "beep" if the
installation was unsuccessful. The usual reason for this is that you
tried to install Diversi-Key again, when it was already installed.
You also get this error if you don't have a //gs memory expansion
card, or if there is no memory available to install Diversi-Key. If
this occurs, try installing Diversi-Key from a power-off boot.
Note: To avoid the beep, POKE 0,0.
NO RESPONSE? If Diversi-Key ever stops working, particularly after
booting a new program, try pressing the "flush" key sequence:
open-apple_control_delete (Flush key sequence)
The Diversi-Key disk contains a pre-defined set of macros in a file
names "DIVMAC", which are installed when you boot the DIversi-Key
disk. You can also install them from BASIC with:
BRUN DIVMAC
The Diversi-Key program comes on a 5.25 ProDOS floppy disk. We
recommend you boot this disk when you power on, to install
Diversi-Key. You can then boot from the 3.5 drive with "PR#5".
You can also use the Apple //gs system utility program to transfer
all of the Diversi-Key files to a newly formatted 3.5 inch disk.
AUTOMATIC STARTUP
You can add Diversi-Key to any ProDOS disk, and have it install
automatically when you boot that disk. Use menu option #2 on the
Diversi-Key disk to do this (not available on the demo).
This option adds the DIVKEY and DIVMAC files to your disk. It then
changes the name of the PRODOS file on your disk to OLDPRO, and
changes the DIVKEY file to PRODOS. When your disk boots, it should
execute these files:
PRODOS (installs Diversi-Key)
DIVMAC (installs macros)
OLDPRO (starts up ProDOS 8 or 16)
To remove Diversi-Key from your disk, enter BASIC and type the
following:
DELETE DIVMAC
DELETE PRODOS
RENAME OLDPRO,PRODOS
To put Diversi-Key back on the disk, use menu option #2. With the
demo disk, you can transfer the files, DIVKEY, and DIVMAC, to your
disk, and enter:
RENAME PRODOS,OLDPRO
RENAME DIVKEY,PRODOS
********
COLD REBOOT
You can remove Diversi-Key by turning the power switch off for 10
seconds or so, but this will eventually wear out the switch. You can
simulate a power-off re-boot as follows:
1. Hold OPEN-APPLE_SHIFT_CONTROL keys down (3 keys).
2. Press and release RESET key.
3. Wait for 2 beeps.
4. Release OPEN-APPLE_SHIFT_CONTROL keys.
This will remove Diversi-Key, and clear your Ramdisk (if any).
CALLING MACROS
Macros in Diversi-Key are numbered from 1 to 9999. There are two
different ways to call the same macro. You can call a macro by
number by holding down the option key, and entering the macro number
on the numeric KEYPAD. This is called a "Numeric Macro". You can
also call a macro by holding the option key down, and pressing any
keyboard key. This is called a "Keyboard Macro".
NUMERIC MACROS
To call a numeric macro, hold the option key down and type the macro
number on the numeric keypad. The macro is triggered when you press
the keypad <enter> key, or let up the option key. Press the keypad
<clear> key if you make an error. Diversi-Key displays a Numeric
macro as [nnnn], where nnnn is a number from 1 to 9999. Some Numeric
macros are: [0124], [0001], [9047].
KEYBOARD MACROS
Triggering a Numeric macro requires more than one keystroke, and
numbers are hard to remember. To get around these problems, you may
also trigger macros with single-keystrokes on the KEYBOARD. You do
this by holding down the option key, and pressing any keyboard key,
that is, any key not on the numeric keypad. The macro is triggered
immediately when you hit the keyboard key. Be sure to let up the
option key, to allow the program to continue after the macro is
completed.
Diversi-Key displays a keyboard macro as: [k], where "k" is any
keyboard key. Here are some keyboard macro examples: [N], [$], [1].
Note that [1] is a keyboard macro triggered by pressing "1" on the
keyboard. [0001] is a Numeric macro, triggered by pressing
"1<enter>" on the numeric keypad.
There are 96 possible keyboard macros, which correspond to Numeric
macros numbered from 0 to 95. Each keyboard macro corresponds to its
ASCII equivalent Numeric macro. For example, the "A" key is an ASCII
65. Therefore [A] is the same as [0065].
Note that lowercase keyboard macros are converted to uppercase. That
is, [a] is the same as [A]. For keyboard keys with ASCII values from
96 through 127, subtract ASCII 32 to find the Numeric equivalent
(converts to lowercase).
Numeric macros [0096] to [0099] have no keyboard macro equivalent.
REDEFINING THE KEYBOARD
You can re-define the entire keyboard by entering:
[xx/] where xx=0..99
That is, hold the option key down, enter a number from 0 to 99 on the
numeric keypad, and press the numeric keypad "/" key.
When you do this, the keyboard macros will now correspond to Numeric
macros [xx00] to [xx95] instead of [0000] to [0095].
For example, when you enter [02/], then [A] triggers macro [0265]
instead of macro [0065].
You can use this feature when you switch programs, since your macro
definitions will be very specific to each program. For example, you
might enter [00/] for running Appleworks, and [01/] for programming
in BASIC. Thus, you can keep up to 100 sets of keyboard macro
definitions in memory at one time, in each 32K macro file.
SPECIAL MACROS
Diversi-Key contains 100 pre-defined "special" macros, which are
always available, and cannot be modified. You call a special macro
by holding the option key down, and entering a number from 1 to 99 on
the numeric keypad. Then, hit the keypad "." to trigger the special
macro (instead of <enter>). Special macros are displayed as follows:
[nn.] where nn=0 to 99
Special macro [00.] calls the "control panel". If you hold the
option key down, and hit the keypad "." (without entering a number),
the effect is the same as pressing OPEN-APPLE_CONTROL_ESCAPE.
Other special macros functions are described throughout these
instructions. For a list of all special macros, see the reference
section.
DEFINING A MACRO
You can define a new macro, or edit an existing macro definition at
any time. To define a Numeric macro, enter the macro number on the
keypad, followed by the keypad "=":
[nnnn=] where nnnn=0..9999
To define a keyboard macro, hold the option key down, press the
keypad "=", followed by the keyboard key you want to define.
[=k] where k is any keyboard key
When you enter macro define mode, the current definition for this
macro, if any, will appear on the top line of the screen. The macro
definition begins with:
[nnnn=k] where nnnn is Numeric macro number you are defining, and k
is its keyboard macro key equivalent (if any). For example:
[0065=A]
You define the macro by typing it on the keyboard. When finished,
press the keypad <enter> key to accept, or the keypad <clear> key to
cancel. Note that the first time you press <clear> it clears any
definition you have typed, if any. Press <clear> again to exit macro
define mode without changing anything.
While defining a macro, you can call another keyboard macro by
holding the option key down when you press the keyboard key. The
status of the open-apple key (up or down), is saved in the macro
definition, which is especially useful with Appleworks.
During the macro definition, the following keypad keys have special
functions:
Keypad Key Function
* Delete last character entered
- Move cursor back 1
+ Move cursor forward 1
<clear> Cancel definition
<enter> Accept definition
= End of macro definition, comments follow (optional)
/ Enter special macro functions
The keypad "/" key is used to enter Numeric macro calls, special
macro calls, and all the other special macro functions described
later. To call Numeric macros enter:
/nnnn<return> where nnnn is Numeric macro number 1..9999
To enter a special macro call:
/xx.<return> where xx is special macro number 00..99
SCREEN DISPLAY DURING MACRO DEFINITIONS
As you type your macro definition, each character is displayed on the
top line of the screen. If you hold the open apple key down while
typing a character, the character appears as {k} where "k" is the
character. Open-Apple A is shown as {A}, for example. Other display
features are as follows:
[k] keyboard macro call
[nnnn] Numeric macro call
[xx.] special macro call
<A> control key / <A>..<Z>
{A} open apple key down
| end of macro, beginning of comments
The arrow keys, tab, escape, delete, and return are printed as
follows:
<left> <right> <down> <up> <tab> <esc> <del> <ret>
Combinations of keys produce the following, for example:
{<tab>} means open-apple-<tab> pressed
[<tab>] call keyboard macro key <tab>
Other special functions are displayed between [ ] brackets as
described later.
PRINTING MACRO DEFINITIONS
Diversi-Key has a very flexible way of displaying the definitions in
your current macro file. It types the definitions as a macro!
You can use this feature to type a list of all your macro definitions
into a word processing file. For example, to see all the built-in
macro definitions, boot Appleworks and enter the word processor with
an empty file. Hold the option key down, and press the keypad "-"
key twice:
This will type the definitions for macros 1 to 9999 into your word
processor, regardless of which word processor you are using.
In the following display options, the "-" key is the one on the
keypad:
-- Displays all macro definitions
-nnnn- Displays all definitions starting with Numeric macro nnnn
nnnn- Displays Numeric macro nnnn only
-k Displays Numeric macro "k"
-<@> <@> is ctrl-@ / Displays all current keyboard macros
Note: Diversi-Key may pause for up to 12 seconds when displaying
macros, as it searches for undefined macro numbers.
Comments: You can put comments at the end of your macro definitions
by pressing the keypad "=", followed by the comment. When displaying
comments, i.e. with keypad --, Diversi-Key sends these comments as
actual keystrokes. That is, a <ret> in a macro definition is sent as
the 5 characters, "<ret>", during display. A <ret> in a comment, is
sent as a real single keystroke carriage return, during display only.
This allows you to send formatting commands in comments, to make them
easier to read. For example, the built-in comments all start with
<ret> space, to indent them on the next line.
FLUSH: CTRL_OPEN-APPLE_DELETE :THE PANIC BUTTON!
If you trigger the wrong macro, or hit keypad -- by mistake,
Diversi-Key may go merrily along typing bad keystrokes for some time.
Fortunately, you can stop Diversi-Key at any time by typing the FLUSH
key sequence. To do this, hold down the control and open-apple keys,
and then press the delete key. Try this whenever Diversi-Key seems
to be acting "stangely", i.e. not working.
MACRO FILES
Diversi-Key macro files are saved on disk as binary files. You then
BRUN the file to load it into memory for use. The Diversi-Key disk
contains a standard file named "DIVMAC" which contains the pre-defined
macro definitions for Appleworks (and other programs). To load this
file, enter:
BRUN DIVMAC
When you do this, the macro definitions on disk in the DIVMAC file
will replace the current macros in memory. However, you may keep up
to 10 different macro files in memory at once, each with up to 9999
macros in 32K memory.
Macro files in memory are numbered from 0 to 9. Normally, you will
only use file #0. To switch to a new macro file number, hold the
option key down, and press the keypad keys "=+n", where n is a KEYPAD
digit from 0 to 9.
For example, to load a second macro file named "MAC2" and still
preserve the exisiting macros, enter
=+1 (keypad keys with option key down)
BRUN MAC2
To switch back to the original macro file, enter "=+0" (keypad-option
key down).
Finally, to release the memory allocated for the second macro file,
if necessary, enter "=-*1" (keypad-option key down).
We anticipate that you may someday buy commercial programs with
custom Diversi-Key macro files included.
SAVING MACRO FILES
You can save your current macros in a file, either under ProDOS or
DOS 3.3. To do this, you must first enter BASIC, and get to the
Applesoft prompt, which is a:
]
One way to do this is to choose "BASIC.SYSTEM" from the //GS program
launcher or desktop.
When you see this prompt, enter special macro [1.][2.]. That is,
hold the option key down, and press the 4 keypad keys "1.2." without
letting the option key up.
Diversi-Key will type the word "BSAVE" for you, and wait for you to
enter a file name. Type the name of the macro file you want to save,
and hit <return>. Diversi-Key will finish the BSAVE command for you.
You may now reboot. Under ProDOS, you can return to the launcher by
typing "BYE<return>".
WARNING!!!!
Never enter [1.][2.] while executing a program. Doing this will
crash the program (and possibly the whole system). Be sure you see
the Applesoft prompt "]" before entering [1.][2.].
STARTUP MACRO
After your new macros are installed with BRUN macro, Diversi-Key will
automatically execute Numeric macro [9999], if you have defined one.
Use this macro to initialize Diversi-Key set-up values, if you wish.
You can specify a different macro as the startup macro. To do so,
save the macro file as follows
[nnnn+] (where nnnn is start-up macro number)
[1.][3.]
FORCING FILE NUMBER
When you install a macro file, it normally loads into the current
active file number, which you set with [=+n] before BRUN DIVMAC. To
create a macro file which loads to a specific file number, enter:
[=++n][1.][2.] (when saving the macro file)
You can use this feature to set up a turn-key system which loads
several macro files, using the startup macro of the first file to
load the second file to a different file number.
CONVERTING TO SYSTEM FILES
You can convert your macro files to system files, in order to load
them from a menu manager program, as follows:
First CATALOG your disk and note the length of the DIVMAC file.
BLOAD DIVMAC,A$1000
CREATE SDIVMAC,TSYS
BSAVE SDIVMAC,TSYS,A$1000,Lxxxxx where xxxx is the length from the
CATALOG ABOVE
You can do this with any macro file, not just "DIVMAC".
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Advanced Features
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++
TIME AND DATE
++++++++
COUNTER
++++++++
KEYBOARD INPUT DURING A MACRO
++++++++
DISPLAYING MESSAGES (PROMPTING)
++++++++
REPEAT FUNCTION
++++++++
LIST FUNCTION
++++++++
OPTION FUNCTION
++++++++
IF/WHILE/TEST FUNCTIONS
++++++++
CHANGING BYTES IN MEMORY
++++++++
CHANGING KEYBOARDS
++++++++
CALLING MACROS FROM A PROGRAM
++++++++
NOTE: The documentation under the above headings was deleted from
the demonstration disk, due to lack of space on the disk. You will
receive the complete Diversi-Key documentation when you send your $45
payment.
++++++++
SLOWING DIVERSI-KEY DOWN / PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS
++++++++
Diversi-Key sends its keystrokes just like you had typed them. That
is, they appear at $C000, the normal keyboard location. This is how
Diversi-Key can work with any program.
Unfortunately, some programs throw away keystrokes if you type too
fast. This is never necessary, but many programmers are in the habit
of doing it. Diversi-Key automatically corrects this problem in
Appleworks 2.0, and Pascal 1.3, by patching these programs in memory
when they appear.
For other programs, your only hope is to slow down Diversi-Key,
(unless you can figure out how to patch them). Macros [61.] through
[67.] slow down Diversi-Key ([67.] is slowest), and macro [60.]
restores normal speed.
Note that when you slow down Diversi-Key, you lose the ability to
type ahead during a macro. Diversi-Key automatically slows down when
you enter the control panel, so that's why you can't type ahead
there.
This problem only shows up with machine language programs, so if you
know some machine language, you can try to patch the problem away.
Typically, the problem is caused by clearing the keyboard strobe at
$C010 unecessarily, usually as follows:
LDA $C010 (NOT NEEDED, CHANGE TO NOP/NOP/NOP)
GETKEY LDA $C000
BPL GETKEY
STA $C010 (NEEDED)
You can use the //GS monitor to find references to $C010 as follows:
BLOAD program
CALL -151
\10 C0\<800.9600P
++++++++
USING THE MOUSE
++++++++
Diversi-Key allows you to program your mouse to send macro
keystrokes. You activate the mouse with the special macro: [51.]
With the mouse activated, you can send a total of 10 different macros
from the mouse. When the program starts, the mouse movements will
send the following macros:
With mouse button up:
[<P>] left mouse motion
[<Q>] right mouse motion
[<R>] down mouse motion
[<S>] up mouse motion
[<T>] sent when mouse button goes from down to up
With mouse button down:
[<V>] left mouse motion
[<W>] right mouse motion
[<X>] down mouse motion
[<Y>] up mouse motion
[<Z>] sent when mouse button goes from up to down
You can re-assign these mouse macros with the /B (BMOUSE) and /M
(MOUSE) special functions. For example:
/B/<A> will assign the mouse button down macros to be [<A>} through
[<E>]. /M/<A> does the same for the mouse button up.
/B1000 will assign the mouse button down macros to be Numeric macro
numbers 1000 to 1004, and similarly for /M1000.
To use the mouse, first enter [51.] to enable it. Then, hold down
the option key, and move the mouse, or press the mouse button. The
mouse is only active when the option key is down.
While holding the option key down, you can press the control key to
enable the one way mouse function. With the control key down, mouse
left-right motion is ignored. With the control key up, mouse up-down
motion is ignored. If you prefer, you can use the control key to
convert mouse left/right motion into up/down motion. Enter [54.] to
enable this feature.
You can lower the mouse sensitivity with [55.] for horizontal, or
[56.] for vertical. You can enter these macros up to 255 times for
minimum sensitivity (use repeat function).
Macro [57.] increases the ability of the mouse to type ahead. Each
time you call [57.], can typeahead one more macro call. You can
increase typeahead 255 times.
If you define mouse motion to do cursor movement keystrokes, then the
typeahead behaves as follows:
With no typeahead, the cursor moves in the same direction the mouse
moves. When you stop mouse movement, cursor movement stops. If you
move the mouse faster than the cursor can follow, nothing changes.
With full typeahead, the mouse can get ahead of the cursor. If you
move the mouse rapidly, the cursor will eventually catch up to the
mouse. The cursor keeps moving after you stop moving the mouse.
With typeahead, the location of the mouse on the table corresponds to
the location the cursor will eventually reach on the screen.
After you start moving the mouse, you can no longer trigger macros
from the keyboard. You'll notice that the inverse "K" in the upper
right corner disappears during mouse movements. Let up the option
key for an instant to get the "K" to re-appear, and allow macro
triggering from the keyboard again. This feature is included to
avoid pausing the program during mouse movements.
When using the mouse for a long time, you can enter [45.] to change
the "trigger" key to <caps lock>, to avoid of having to hold down the
<option> key all the time. To cancel, enter [40.].
With Diversi-Key, the mouse becomes an extremely flexible tool which
can be used in any program, if desired.
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TRIGGER HOLD MODE
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Trigger hold mode allows you to use the mouse without having to hold
down the option key. Enter special macro [05.] to enable trigger
hold mode. To turn it off, enter [04.].
With trigger hold mode active, the option key (or other trigger key),
behaves much like the caps lock key. That is, when you press and
release the option key once, it stays "pressed" until you press and
release it again.
This mode may also be used to trigger macros with one hand.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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- ** Licensing Information ***
Although Diversi-Key is copyrighted, DSR allows copying and
distribution of the program subject to the following restrictions:
1. Anyone receiving a copy of Diversi-Key must send a $45 license
fee directly to DSR, Inc. within 2 weeks.
2. Any company, club, or individual may charge up to $5.00 for
distributing copies of Diversi-Key, provided it is clear that an
additional $45 fee must be sent directly to DSR.
Publishers:
Unlike Diversi-DOS and Diversi-Cache, we do not license Diversi-Key
to be included with other programs. However, we do encourage you to
include a custom Diversi-Key macro file on your disks, specific for
your program. We hope you will recommend that your customers order
Diversi-Key directly from us, in order to use this file.
Multiple Computers:
Each additional computer license fee is $45, up to a maximum of $250
for all the computers owned by a company (or school district).
Your user support number entitles you to talk directly to the
programmer, Bill Basham. Please write if possible, or call:
313 553-9460 between 3 and 5 PM Eastern time.
Diversi-Cache dramatically increases the I/O speed of the Apple Disk
3.5, under any operating system (ProDOS, Pascal, DOS 3.3).
Diversi-Cache speeds up the Disk 3.5 in two ways. First of all,
whenever the system reads a block, Diversi-Cache actually reads an
entire track. This triples the speed of disk reads, and doubles the
speed of ProDOS writes.
Secondly, Diversi-Cache allows you to allocate a cache memory buffer
from 0 to 800K in size. Whenever the system reads a block,
Diversi-Cache saves it in the cache buffer. If the system asks for
this block again, it comes out of memory at "Ramdisk" speed.
Diversi-Cache only speeds up the Apple Disk 3.5 designed for the
Apple //gs, and will not affect the speed of the older Apple //c
compatible UniDisk 3.5.
Diversi-Copy(tm) is the fastest and easiest way to make back-up
copies of your 3.5 and 5.25 disks. Diversi-Copy will use all
available memory in an Apple //gs, //e, //c, or II+ compatible to
allow 1-pass copying with a single drive.
Diversi-Copy was chosen as inCider magazine's "Editors' Choice". It
is the best copy program available, for both 5.25 and 3.25 drive
copying.
To order, please send your check to:
DSR, Inc.
34880 Bunker Hill
Farmington, MI 48018-2728
The cost of our programs is as follows:
Diversi-DOS $30
Diversi-Copy $30
Diversi-Cache $35
Diversi-Key $45
We only sell our programs by mail-order, and will notify you of
future program updates which you may purchase for $5 each.
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REFERENCE
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CONVERTING DIVKEY TO A SYSTEM FILE
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You can convert Diversi-Key to a system file, so you can run it
directly from a menu selection program. To do this, first run
BASIC.SYSTEM. Then CATALOG the Diversi-Key disk and note the length
of the DIVKEY file. Then, enter the following:
CREATE SDIVKEY,TSYS,A$2000
BLOAD DIVKEY
BSAVE SDIVKEY,TSYS,A$2000,Lxxxxx (where xxxxx is length of DIVKEY file)
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MOVING DIVKEY TO DOS 3.3
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First, boot DOS 3.3 and format a disk with:
INIT HELLO
Then, boot ProDOS again and enter:
BLOAD DIVKEY
Put in your new DOS 3.3 formatted disk
PR#6
BSAVE DIVKEY,A$2000,Lxxxxx (where xxxxx is length of DIVKEY file).
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USING DIVERSI-KEY: SUMMARY
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Executing a macro: Hold down option key and enter:
[] means keypad keys
[nnnn] let up option key executes macro nnnn
[nnnn<enter>] executes macro nnnn 1..9999
[nn.] executes special macro nn 0..99
[nn/] assigns macro's nn00 to nn95 to keyboard keys
nn= 1..99
nn00..nn95 ASCII keys 0..95 (upper/lowercase)
nn95 = ascii 127 = delete
[cccc+] sets counter to value cccc 0.9999
[nnnn-] send definition for Numeric macro nnnn
[-]k send definition for keyboard macro k
[-<@>] send definitions for all keyboard macros A..Z etc.
[-nnnn-] send definitions for macro's nnnn..9999
[--] send definitions for ALL macro's 0001..9999
use these to type macro definitions into a word processor
for review and later editing
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DEFINING MACROS
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Start definition: [] means keypad keys
[nnnn=] defines Numeric macro nnnn
or
[=]k defines option-k macro where k is keyboard key
During <definition>
Start with old definition on screen
[-] means backspace
[+] means forward space
[*] means delete (as in Appleworks)
[clear] means cancel definition
[enter] means accept definition
[k] means call nested macro for keyboard key "k"
[=] means end of macro, start of comments
[/] means call special function
end with [enter]
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SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
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/nnnn call nested macro nnnn
/nn. call special macro nn.
/nn/ re-define keyboard
/K enter and send keystroke
/P pause until keystroke, ignore it
/S enter string until <ret> hit / don't send <ret>
/S<key> enter string until <key> hit / don't send <key>
/Rnnn repeat nnn times, nnn=2..254
/Wbb/aaaa=tt While conditional
/Ibb/aaaa=tt If conditional / values are HEX
/Tbb/aaaa=tt Test / no END statement needed
/E end / for Repeat,If,While
/N null
/Cnnnnnnnn set counter (8 digits)
/Lxxx,nnnn do xxx macro's in list starting with macro nnnn
xxx=1..255 / nnnn=1..9999
/Z zero list counters
/Mnnnn Mouse button up macros start with [nnnn]
/Bnnnn Mouse button down macros start with [nnnn]
/M/k Mouse button up macros start with [k]
/B/k Mouse button down macros start with [k]
/D Begin display message / end with {<del>}
/Ok Send key "k" with option key down (i.e. to trigger Pinpoint)
Special IF/WHILE conditions.
Address: 7F/00xx Test special location xx
Compare byte: ?xx
?0 CVAL: Value at last IF/WHILE address
Macro [75.] moves CVAL to CVAL1 / CVAL1 to CVAL2 / CVAL2 to CVAL3
?1 CVAL1
?2 CVAL2
?3 CVAL3
?4 MOUSE / <>0 means mouse is ON
?5 Y sensitivity
?6 X sensitivity
?7 MRPT typeahead amount for mouse
?8 FFLAG format flag byte / default is 0 / bits ON as follows:
80- UPPER CASE
40- 24-Hour Clock
20- Lead space
10- Abbrev. ASCII month/weekday
8 - Lead 0 or Space ON
?9 STACKP stack pointer / >0 means nested macro
The following are set with [20.] macro
?A WEEKDAY / 1-SUN 1..7
?B MONTH-1 0..11
?C DAY-1 0..30
?D YEAR 0..99
?E HOUR 0..23
?F MIN 0..59
?10 SEC 0..59
?11 OLDMOD / C025 register before last macro keystroke sent
?12 TICK count low byte / 60 HZ increment
?13 TICK count hi byte
?14 KGOT / Hi bit is OA status / Last key pressed during /S,/K or /P
?15 TEST / =0 or 1 / Result of last IF/WHILE/TEST
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DISPLAY DURING MACRO DEFINITION
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<left> ctrl-H
<tab> ctrl-I
<down> ctrl-J
<up> ctrl-K
<ret> ctrl-M
<right> ctrl-U
<esc> ctrl-[
<X> ctrl-X or other ctrl keys
{A} open-apple A
{<X>} open-apple ctrl-X
[nnnn=k] defining macro nnnn / which is keyboard key k
[nnnn] call Numeric macro nnnn
[nn.] call special macro nn
[nn/] redefine keyboard
[k] call keyboard macro k
[Key] insert keystroke
[Pause] pause until keystroke
[String <ret>] insert keystrokes until <ret>
[A-Repeat:12] repeat 12 times / nest level A
[A-If 00/0000=00] IF conditional, nest level A
[A-While 00/0000=00] WHILE REPEAT nest level A
[Test:00/0000=00] Test / no end statement
[End-A] END nest level A
[Count=cccccccc] set counter to cccc
[List:003,1000] alternate macro's 1000,1001,1002
[A-Zlist] Zero list counters until End-A
[Mouse:1000] mouse macro [1000]
[Mouse:<V>] mouse macro [<V>]
[Bmouse:1000] mouse button down macro [1000]
[Display] start of message to display / ends with {<del>}
[Option-K] send "k" key with option key down
| end of macro definition, start of comments
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SPECIAL MACROS call with [nn.]
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[01.] - Lead-in for [2.] and [3.]
[02.] - [1.][2.] means BSAVE macro file / must be in BASIC ] mode
startu-up macro [9999]
[03.] - [nnnn+][1.][3.] means BSAVE macro file / startup macro [nnnn]
[04.] - Turn OFF trigger hold mode
[05.] - Trun ON trigger hold mode
[10.] - 10. means turn off Diversi-Key. FLUSH keys turn back on
May be needed before booting ProDOS on a 5.25 disk with PR#
[11.] - Turns on Diversi-Key again
ALSO clears KGOT to 0 / last key pressed in macro
[12.] - Turn color off
[13.] - Turn color on
[14.] - Turn Prompting Display off
[15.] - Turn Display on / top line (set display message with /D)
[16.] - Turn Display on / bottom line
[20.] - Force new time computation
[21.] - Clear Tick Counter
[40.] - Option key triggers macro (normal)
[41.] - OA trigger
[42.] - Option-OA trigger
[43.] - Option-Shift trigger
[44.] - OA-Shift trigger
[45.] - Caps Lock trigger (Use for handicapped or easier mouse)
[46.] - Beeps ON
[47.] - Beeps OFF
[48.] - Sound Volume normal
[49.] - Sound Volume OFF
[50.] - MOUSE OFF
[51.] - Mouse on / max sens. / no typeahead / 2-way mode
saves old mouse status FIRST
[52.] - Disable X (horizontal) mouse action
[53.] - Disable Y
[54.] - Use X for Y with one-way mouse
[55.] - Decrease X sensitivity
[56.] - Decrease Y sensitivity
[57.] - Increase typeahead
[58.] - Restore old mouse status
[59.] - MOUSE SPECIAL MACRO / Don't use
[60.] - High-speed macros with typeahead / normal
[61.]to[67.] - Slow down macros /no typeahead / [67.] is slowest
[68.] - Allow interrupts during macro (normal)
[69.] - Disable interrupts during macro
[70.] - Print counter & INC
[71.] - DEC counter
[72.] - INC counter
[73.] - Clear counter to 1 / # dig to 0 (no leading 0's or spaces)
[74.] - INC # digits in counter (2..8) to give leading 0's or spaces
[75.] - Save CVAL to CVAL1, etc. (see IF/WHILE section)
[76.] - Reset next LIST pointer to first macro in list
[77.] - SAVE Format
[78.] - RESTORE Format
[79.] - RESET Format to defaults (* below)
Format options for time/date
[80.]*- Lead 0,Space OFF (*=default)
[81.] - Lead ON
[82.] - 0 lead char
[83.]*- Space lead char
[84.]*- 12-Hour clock format
[85.] - 24-Hour clock format
[86.]*- Full ASCII weekday and month
[87.] - Abbrev. ASCII weekday and month
[88.]*- Send macros upper/lowercase
[89.] - Send all macros in upper case only
Date and time macros / print current clock information
Clock is read only when a macro is triggered manually
Use [20.] to force clock re-read if needed
[90.]-Weekday, 1..7 / 1=Sunday
[91.]-A OR P (M)
[92.]-Month 1..12
[93.]-Day 1..31
[94.]-Year 0..99
[95.]-Hour 0..23 or 1..12
[96.]-Minute 0.59
[97.]-Second 0..59
[98.]-Weekday ASCII / i.e. "Sunday" or "Sun."
[99.]-Month ASCII /i.e. "January" or "Jan."