Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!mks!wheels From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Computing for physically disabled? Message-ID: <596@mks.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 16:33:38 GMT References: <17286@prls.UUCP> Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont. Lines: 19 In article <17286@prls.UUCP>, flanner@prls.UUCP (Philip D. Flanner III) writes: > My cousin has a physical disability (cerebral palsy) that makes it > difficult for her to type. > Is there a way to change the operation of a IBM PC > (XT, clone etc..) in software to not auto-repeat? Sorry I don't have a direct answer to your question, but rather another point. A second feature she'll probably find handy is "sticky keys". If it is difficult to press two keys simultaneously (shift+anything), a sticky shift key lets you press and release shift, then press the character. The shift automatically releases when the character is pressed. It's fewer keystrokes than using caps lock, and it also shifts numerics, etc. The same could work for the alt key. As you say, a TSR is likely needed to alter the keyboard's behaviour. Good luck. -- Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251 Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels 35 King St. North BIX: join mks Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 CompuServe: 73260,1043