jmoore@pc.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (01/16/87)
[MUNCH ....... MUNCH ......... MUNCH .......... MUNCH ...... BURP !!] I have been asked to look into a particular task that is to be conducted on an IBM-PC AT and was hoping I could get some help from the netlanders. I need some information and hints (code would also be accepted) on how to access or receive information from the keyboard of an AT computer. Here is a description of the problem we are trying to address. We would like to conduct a study of the number of keystrokes that are needed for using specific editors. The study requires that we time the period between keystrokes, the actual keys that have been typed and record them to disk. From all of the information that I have been able to come up with (mainly dealing with PC and XT computers) this is going to be a problem since the keyboard has its own processor that is not accessable. I have also thought of one problem that one may run into. If the system is busy how do you deal with buffered characters. I understand that the AT may be fast enough to not have a problem with this but I am not sure how to deal with it. I would appreciate some input on this and some code if you or someone you may know has developed such. Also any references to books or articles that have information that may be helpful would be appreciated. Thanks. Jim Moore (jmoore@gb.ecn.purdue.edu) Purdue University Industrial Engineering Department W. Lafayette, In. (317)494-2686