[simpits-tech] To gene or any other programmer

[fitchett]

> But still...
>
> If you can send the initial state, then why bother with the keyboard
> buffer, just send the next state to the sim....
>
> and you still have the problem with a multi screen, where key 'A' in one
> screen means something else in an other screen.
>
> and bestides that, if you are using a matrix of switches, you might have
> problems with toggle switches - most of the matrixes i've looked at is
> designed for momentum switches (connect and release), and will losse a
> hole row if you have a toggle in that row...
>

If designed incorrectly, a scanning matrix will exhibit this behavior.  If
constructed with diodes, it isn't a problem, and the entire matrix can be
decoded.

Chester