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VBNote v1.1.0

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VBNote 1.1.0.

The host key is now F11

It was right control. Some keyboards don't have a right control key — compact and laptop keyboards routinely drop it — and without a host key you can never capture the keyboard, so the machine hears nothing and there is no way to find out why. F11 is on every keyboard, and the machine has no use for it.

F11 + G take the keyboard, or give it back
F11 + R reset the machine
F11 + P the power switch
F11 + Q quit, saving your flash disk

Right control now works as CONTROL, the same as the left one, so pressing it does what you meant rather than nothing.

Nothing else about how you drive the machine has changed. Installing over 1.0.x keeps your flash disk and settings; you do not need to set up again.

Under the hood

The USB host controller is emulated. Nothing user-visible yet — it is the groundwork for getting files on and off the machine, which is the next thing being built.


New here? Install it, then run Set up VBNote once. It builds your machine from the bootloader and operating system of a machine you own; VBNote does not include them and cannot obtain them.

This is not a HumanWare product and is not supported by them.