Adding shifted keys
Keys that share a common address line or a common data line with
a Shift key can be combined with a simple passive diode circuit.
Common address line
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+--|<|------Data
Address---*key*---+
+--|<|------Data
eg:
A15: B N M SYM SPACE
* , . SYM-SPACE
Common data line
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+--|>|------Address
Data------*key*---+
+--|>|------Address
eg:
D0: SHIFT A Q 1 0 P ENTER SPACE
EDIT DEL BREAK
D1: Z S W 2 9 O L SYM
: NOT <> @ ) ; =
No common lines
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This needs additional active circuitry.
See also Spectrum
keyboard project, Popular Computing Weekly, 15-21 May 1987.
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