A latency-hating emulator of: the Acorn Electron and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum.
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Apple II and II+ should not have automatic key repeat #1290
In Apple II and II+ emulation, if I press and hold a key, it automatically repeats, as we are accustomed to from most modern computers, however only the IIe and later actually have that capability. For authentic II and II+ emulation, pressing and holding a key should be no different from pressing and immediately releasing a key. To get the key to repeat, the REPT key must additionally be held. Clock Signal should define some other key on the modern computer's keyboard that's located near the Return key (maybe F11 since F12 is already assigned to RESET?) to emulate the REPT key.
The REPT key, if pressed alone, produces a duplicate of the last code that was generated. If you press and hold down the REPT key while you are holding down a character key, it will act as if you were pressing that key repeatedly at a rate of 10 presses each second. This repetition will cease when you release either the character key or REPT.
In Apple II and II+ emulation, if I press and hold a key, it automatically repeats, as we are accustomed to from most modern computers, however only the IIe and later actually have that capability. For authentic II and II+ emulation, pressing and holding a key should be no different from pressing and immediately releasing a key. To get the key to repeat, the REPT key must additionally be held. Clock Signal should define some other key on the modern computer's keyboard that's located near the Return key (maybe F11 since F12 is already assigned to RESET?) to emulate the REPT key.
Per the Apple II Reference Manual, page 7: