Spontaneous numlock
I don't think Apple had any say in the design of USB connectors. I thought that was mainly Intel with input from DEC. Apple of course eventually made the symmetrical lightning connector, which I wish would replace USB. It is inherently much stronger than the USB-C connector.

I don't know what the licencing might be like for the firmware. But it is closed source.

I yoostaby fluent in 8086. I fully abandoned that when it became obvious that Windows 95 was the future. I couldn't put together three lines of 8086 today. It is my opinion, right or wrong, that if we're going to have a fully functional keyboard and a touchpad without serious hysteresis, someone is going to have to write the firmware from scratch in 8051. If I had the time to invest in writing that, I'd spend it to reverse engineer the hardware and replace the microcontroller with a 65c816 and support, which wouldn't be helpful to anyone but myself, unfortunately.
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Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-06-2021, 03:00 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-06-2021, 04:15 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-06-2021, 04:35 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-07-2021, 05:11 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-07-2021, 06:56 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-07-2021, 07:27 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-10-2021, 01:29 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-10-2021, 01:33 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-10-2021, 02:47 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-10-2021, 03:11 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-10-2021, 03:53 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-11-2021, 12:31 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-11-2021, 02:00 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-11-2021, 02:34 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-11-2021, 06:39 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-11-2021, 07:25 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-11-2021, 04:04 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-11-2021, 11:10 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-12-2021, 02:00 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-12-2021, 02:10 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-12-2021, 06:59 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-12-2021, 08:11 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-12-2021, 09:40 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-12-2021, 10:08 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by wdt - 04-12-2021, 11:05 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-12-2021, 12:10 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-13-2021, 05:25 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-14-2021, 10:17 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 10:44 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-14-2021, 11:04 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 12:24 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-14-2021, 12:45 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 01:06 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-14-2021, 01:24 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 01:53 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-14-2021, 01:57 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 02:14 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-14-2021, 04:09 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 05:40 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 07:55 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by wdt - 04-14-2021, 09:02 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-14-2021, 10:26 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-15-2021, 06:44 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-15-2021, 09:57 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-15-2021, 10:46 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-15-2021, 05:14 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-15-2021, 08:19 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-15-2021, 08:46 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-15-2021, 11:07 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-16-2021, 04:52 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-16-2021, 07:36 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-16-2021, 08:30 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-16-2021, 07:44 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-17-2021, 02:26 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-17-2021, 05:50 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-17-2021, 02:57 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-17-2021, 07:49 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-18-2021, 04:25 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-18-2021, 06:54 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-18-2021, 01:15 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-18-2021, 01:59 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-18-2021, 02:32 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-18-2021, 04:25 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-18-2021, 05:02 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-18-2021, 05:42 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-18-2021, 06:19 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-19-2021, 05:24 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-19-2021, 06:50 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-19-2021, 07:48 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-19-2021, 08:58 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-19-2021, 10:02 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-19-2021, 11:05 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-19-2021, 04:35 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-19-2021, 05:24 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-20-2021, 05:13 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-20-2021, 07:09 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-20-2021, 08:22 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-20-2021, 08:59 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by slyecho - 04-20-2021, 01:50 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-20-2021, 03:09 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-20-2021, 03:18 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-20-2021, 11:21 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 12:15 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 01:08 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-21-2021, 01:09 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 02:07 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 02:55 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 03:43 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-21-2021, 04:49 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 10:43 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 05:34 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 11:48 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 11:53 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-21-2021, 02:18 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 02:33 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-21-2021, 04:36 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-21-2021, 04:55 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-22-2021, 12:05 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-25-2021, 12:18 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-23-2021, 09:09 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-24-2021, 05:23 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-24-2021, 07:05 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-24-2021, 06:57 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-25-2021, 11:59 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-25-2021, 12:55 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-25-2021, 01:26 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-25-2021, 03:09 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-25-2021, 04:38 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-25-2021, 05:39 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-25-2021, 07:16 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-25-2021, 07:32 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-25-2021, 09:05 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-25-2021, 09:22 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-25-2021, 10:11 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-26-2021, 05:15 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by KC9UDX - 04-26-2021, 05:44 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-26-2021, 08:00 PM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by dsimic - 04-30-2021, 01:46 AM
RE: Spontaneous numlock - by ab1jx - 04-30-2021, 03:44 AM

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