Description
ASCII
stands for American Standard Code for Information
Interchange. In 1963, the ASCII protocol assigned each
key on a standard computer keyboard a 7-bit binary
code. For example, the ASCII code for the 's' key is
1110011, whose decimal equivalent is 115. Max's key
object will report the decimal ASCII code for any
depressed computer key.
In the bottom right portion of the patcher, an lcd
object shows the currently depressed computer key.
Notice the four messages required to set the 'font',
'clear' the window, 'moveto' position 50 50 in the
window, and, finally, draw the current 'ascii'
character in the graphics window.
Objects
Updated: 9/22/25