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In computing, a keyboard controller is a device that interfaces a keyboard to a computer. Its main function is to inform the computer when a key is pressed or released. When data from the keyboard arrives, the controller raises an interrupt to allow the CPU to handle the input. Wikipedia →
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All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis C/Mac/Us/RentalVoyager Company, Morton Subotnick · 1994- 📕SuperKeyBorland International · 1986
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