tim@looking.on.ca (Tim Tyhurst) (06/17/89)
If anyone could tell me where I might find a copy of a PD program called "QuickKeys", or better yet, send it to me, I would be very grateful. As I recall, it was a TSR which sped up or slowed down the typematic rate on all the IBM machines, and I think it was posted somewhere (probably in comp.sys.ibm.pc) sometime in the last year or so. Of course, I didn't need it back then... In lieu of "Quick Keys" per se, any pointers to an existing program which permits the user to adjust the typematic rate would be appreciated. -- Tim Tyhurst Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ontario. tim@looking.on.ca (519) 884-7473
mitch@arcturus.UUCP (Mitchell S. Gorman) (06/21/89)
In article <3522@looking.on.ca>, tim@looking.on.ca (Tim Tyhurst) writes: > > In lieu of "Quick Keys" per se, any pointers to an existing program > which permits the user to adjust the typematic rate would be > appreciated. > Norton's NCC program (Norton Control Center) has, I believe, a control for this. I haven't used it much, so I'm not sure if/how well it works, but you might want to look into it. NCC is out under V4.5, although I'm not sure if it's just the advanced version or not. Hope this helps. Mitch @ Rockwell, Anaheim Disclaimer: Of course, I may be wrong... :^)
Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (06/23/89)
In article <5102@arcturus>, mitch@arcturus.UUCP (Mitchell S. Gorman) writes: }In article <3522@looking.on.ca>, tim@looking.on.ca (Tim Tyhurst) writes: }> In lieu of "Quick Keys" per se, any pointers to an existing program }> which permits the user to adjust the typematic rate would be }> appreciated. } } Norton's NCC program (Norton Control Center) has, I believe, a }control for this. [...] To adjust the typematic rate without a TSR, you need an AT or 386 and an AT-class keyboard (PC-class keyboards cannot have the typematic reprogrammed). If you fit the above requirements, there are numerous small programs to adjust the typematic. On SIMTEL20: "PD1:","<MSDOS.AT>","SPEEDKEY.ARC",1,607,8,871226,"" "PD1:","<MSDOS.KEYBOARD>","ATKBRATE.ARC",1,2192,8,860906,"" If you have a sufficiently recent BIOS, there is even a call to adjust the typematic: INT 16 - KEYBOARD - SET DELAYS (Jr,AT model 339,XT286,PS) AH = 03h AL = subfunction 05h Set typematic rate (AT or PS/2) BH = 00h - 03h for delays of 250ms, 500ms, 750ms, or 1s BL = 00h - 1Fh for typematic rates of 30cps down to 2cps "QuickKeys", on the other hand, is a TSR that intercepts INT 9 to stuff extra keys into the keyboard buffer while the key continues to be held down (it adds 18.2 repetitions per second to the keyboard's own 10 per second). -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 Disclaimer? I claimed something? "When things start going your way, it's usually because you stopped going the wrong way down a one-way street."
ugbell@sunybcs.uucp (William Bell) (06/28/89)
Does anyone know of a handler which will make one key on the keyoard act like another. For example my esc key is broken so I would like to make th '5' on the number-pad emulate the esc key. I am getting the keyboard replaced but thought a temporary solution would help...