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From: posert@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Bob Posert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: slowing down the keyboard
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Date: 30 Nov 88 16:45:20 GMT
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In article <1871@loral.UUCP> Jim Harkins writes:
>[...] The only problem is the cursors can't keep up with the keyboard
>interrupt, even though they are plenty fast in themselves. The result is a
>cursor moving merrily along for awhile, then stopping with the keyboard
>beeping at me. Is there some way I can slow down the keyboard interrupt,
>or otherwise get around this problem? I'm on an IBM AT running dos 3.3.
>[...]
>Jim Harkins jlh@loral.cts.com
My mail to you at jlh@loral.cts.com bounced, so I'm posting:
Changing the typeamatic rate may fix your problem; here's a program to
do that, along with the documentation, such as it is. It probably came
from PC-Tech magazine, so you could look up the back issue if you want
more info. I think the repeat rate is how often the key repeats, and
the delay rate is how long you hold the key down before it starts to repeat.
SETKEY.COM
"Rev Up the AT Keyboard"
Kevin M. Crenshaw
May 1985, page 39
Controls the typamatic repeat rate of the AT keyboard.
Command line: SETKEY repeat-rate delay-rate
repeat-rate values: A..Z
delay-rate values: 1..4
and here's the uuencoded file:
begin 644 setkey.com
MOH$`,]NL/"!T^W(F_L@DWRQ`1DJ`+@^N,@AL3F8#/)Y&2H`N#ZXQ(SR>1DJ`'A^N,(
*Y&`\^G0",\G[P\0S
`
end
Sorry for posting a binary to a non-binary group, but it was
very short.
--Bob
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Bob Posert
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