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clebin · 22 February 2017, 12:08

After a 1-year hiatus which started with the birth of my daughter, I'm getting back into Amiga programming again.

I have a newbie question:

What's the best way to take over the Amiga keyboard in C? In GameSmith's examples, they have this nasty looking code:

Code:

// BAD PRACTICE ALERT! ptr to hardware keyboard reg
unsigned char *keybrd=(unsigned char *)0xbfec01;
unsigned char key;
.
.
.
key = *keybrd;

// escape key pressed
if( key == 0x75 ) return(1);

It appears that some key-strokes are still sent to the Shell when the game runs, which is not ideal.

So what's the correct way?

22 February 2017, 12:08	#21
clebin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Cardiff Posts: 405	After a 1-year hiatus which started with the birth of my daughter, I'm getting back into Amiga programming again. I have a newbie question: What's the best way to take over the Amiga keyboard in C? In GameSmith's examples, they have this nasty looking code: Code: // BAD PRACTICE ALERT! ptr to hardware keyboard reg unsigned char keybrd=(unsigned char )0xbfec01; unsigned char key; . . . key = *keybrd; // escape key pressed if( key == 0x75 ) return(1); It appears that some key-strokes are still sent to the Shell when the game runs, which is not ideal. So what's the correct way?