Keyboard scancodes

Andries Brouwer, aeb@cwi.nl

1. Keyboard scancodes

• 1.1 Key release
• 1.2 Protocol scancodes
• 1.3 Escape scancodes
• 1.4 Ordinary scancodes
• 1.5 Escaped scancodes
• 1.6 Fake shifts
• 1.7 Added non-fake shifts
• 1.8 Turbo Mode
• 1.9 Power Saving
• 1.10 Initializing special keyboards
• 1.11 Manipulating extra LEDs
• 1.12 The laptop FN key

2. Special keyboards - XT keyboards

• 2.1 XT keyboard
• 2.2 Victor keyboard
• 2.3 Olivetti M24 keyboard
• 2.4 Telerate keyboard
• 2.5 NCR keyboard
• 2.6 Cherry G80-0777

3. Special keyboards - Amstrad/Schneider keyboards

• 3.1 Amstrad/Schneider PC1512
• 3.2 Amstrad/Schneider other models

4. Special keyboards - AT keyboards

5. Special keyboards - MF II keyboards

• 5.1 Nokia keyboard
• 5.2 Focus KeyPro FK-9000 keyboard
• 5.3 BTC keyboard
• 5.4 LK411 and LK450 keyboards
• 5.5 An OmniKey keyboard
• 5.6 Compaq Armada laptop keyboard
• 5.7 GRiD 2260 keyboard
• 5.8 An old Olivetti keyboard
• 5.9 Cherry G81-3000
• 5.10 Accord keyboard
• 5.11 Trust Ergonomic keyboard
• 5.12 Brazilian keyboards
• 5.13 RC930 keyboard
• 5.14 Tandberg Data keyboard
• 5.15 Host Connected keyboard
• 5.16 Safeway keyboards
• 5.17 A nameless USB keyboard
• 5.18 Keyboards with many keys
• 5.19 A keyboard treating PrtSc/SysRq like Pause/Break

6. Special keyboards - MF II keyboards with CD and/or Internet buttons

• 6.1 Compaq keyboards
• 6.2 IBM keyboards
• 6.3 Logitech keyboards
• 6.4 Microsoft keyboards
• 6.5 Labtec keyboards
• 6.6 Safeway keyboards
• 6.7 Internet Wireless Keyboard
• 6.8 Omnibook keyboard
• 6.9 EZ Button keyboard
• 6.10 Chicony KBP-8993 keyboard
• 6.11 Keyboards for HP Kayak and Vectra
• 6.12 A keyboard
• 6.13 Yahoo! keyboard
• 6.14 Honeywell Multimedia Keyboard
• 6.15 Samsung Ergonomics Keyboard
• 6.16 The "LiteOn MediaTouch Keyboard" type SK-2500
• 6.17 The Acer Aspire 1310LC laptop
• 6.18 The Emachines eKB-5190(A) keyboard

7. NCD keyboards

• 7.1 A Japanese keyboard using e0 as ordinary scancode
• 7.2 The NCD N-123NA keyboard
• 7.3 The NCD N-123UX keyboard
• 7.4 The NCD N-97 keyboard
• 7.5 NCD X terminals

8. Japanese keyboards

• 8.1 Japanese 86/106 keyboards
• 8.2 Description of the all-Japanese keys
• 8.3 A Japanese keyboard that imitates a US one

9. Korean keyboards

• 9.1 An A4tech keyboard
• 9.2 The DEC LK201-K

10. Keyboard-internal scancodes

• 10.1 Three scancode sets
• 10.2 Make and Break codes
• 10.3 Translation
• 10.4 Correspondence
• 10.5 Use
• 10.6 A table
• 10.7 Vendor extensions

11. The AT keyboard controller

• 11.1 The keyboard controller status register
• 11.2 The keyboard controller command byte
• 11.3 Keyboard controller commands
• 11.4 The input port P1
• 11.5 The output port P2
• 11.6 The test port T

12. Keyboard commands

• 12.1 Keyboard command details

13. The PS/2 Mouse

• 13.1 Modes
• 13.2 Scaling
• 13.3 PS/2 mouse protocol
• 13.4 Mouse Commands
• 13.5 Sliced parameters
• 13.6 Synaptics Touchpad
• 13.7 Vendor extensions

14. USB

15. Reporting