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Sinclair QL keycode table Till Harbaum V1.0 - 08/04/2015
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This table shows how the 64 keys of the Sinclair QL are wired and how their
codes on IPC cmd 8 and 9 are derived.
http://www.sinclairql.net/srv/keyboard_format.png
Example
E.g. pressing the Q key on a UK keyboard connects Pin 2 of J11 with Pin 4 of
J12. This is the key in row 1 and column 3. On IPC command 8 the 8049 will
respond with $0b for this key (8*1+3 = 11 = $0b). A Command 9 request for
row 6 will return 8 (2^3 = 8).
+------------------- row (request to cmd 9 is 7-row)
| +---------------- J11 (pin connected to J12 when pressed)
| | +------------- column (reply to cmd 9 is 2^column)
| | | +---------- J12 (pin connected to J11 when pressed)
| | | | +------- keycode returned by IPC Command 8 (= 8*row+column)
| | | | |
| | | | | +- key label on UK keyboard
| | | | | |
9 1 CTRL, reported in bit 1 of cmd 8 modifier bits
9 2 SHIFT, reported in bit 2 of cmd 8 modifier bits
9 11 ALT, reported in bit 0 of cmd 8 modifier bits
0 7 0 9 <unused> SHIFT is mapped here in cmd 9 reply
0 7 1 3 <unused> CTRL is mapped here in cmd 9 reply
0 7 2 7 <unused> ALT is mapped here in cmd 9 reply
0 7 3 4 03 x
0 7 4 5 04 v
0 7 5 10 05 /
0 7 6 6 06 n
0 7 7 8 07 ,
1 2 0 9 08 8
1 2 1 3 09 2
1 2 2 7 0A 6
1 2 3 4 0B q
1 2 4 5 0C e
1 2 5 10 0D 0
1 2 6 6 0E t
1 2 7 8 0F u
2 3 0 9 10 9
2 3 1 3 11 w
2 3 2 7 12 i
2 3 3 4 13 TAB
2 3 4 5 14 r
2 3 5 10 15 -
2 3 6 6 16 y
2 3 7 8 17 o
3 4 0 9 18 l
3 4 1 3 19 3
3 4 2 7 1A h
3 4 3 4 1B 1
3 4 4 5 1C a
3 4 5 10 1D p
3 4 6 6 1E d
3 4 7 8 1F j
4 5 0 9 20 [
4 5 1 3 21 CAPS
4 5 2 7 22 k
4 5 3 4 23 s
4 5 4 5 24 f
4 5 5 10 25 =
4 5 6 6 26 g
4 5 7 8 27 ;
5 6 0 9 28 ]
5 6 1 3 29 z
5 6 2 7 2A .
5 6 3 4 2B c
5 6 4 5 2C b
5 6 5 10 2D Pound
5 6 6 6 2E m
5 6 7 8 2F '
6 8 0 9 30 RET
6 8 1 3 31 Left
6 8 2 7 32 Up
6 8 3 4 33 ESC
6 8 4 5 34 Right
6 8 5 10 35 \
6 8 6 6 36 SPACE
6 8 7 8 37 Down
7 1 0 9 38 F4
7 1 1 3 39 F1
7 1 2 7 3A 5
7 1 3 4 3B F2
7 1 4 5 3C F3
7 1 5 10 3D F5
7 1 6 6 3E 4
7 1 7 8 3F 7
