shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) (03/05/91)
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as "so no program will barf out")? WIN3 seems to do, and actually leaves the cursor "FAST" when it returns to DOS. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Steve Hikida UofW Computer Science
buck@granite.cr.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck) (03/05/91)
In article <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) writes: >I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as >"so no program will barf out")? WIN3 seems to do, and actually leaves >the cursor "FAST" when it returns to DOS. Any help would be greatly >appreciated! 1. Norton Utilities has a option that lets you adjust the 'key-repeat rate' (which is what I think you mean). I assume other programs exist which do this as well... 2. I know Windows lets you set your favorite key-repeat rate via the Control Panel (and the WIN.INI file). Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be able to _preserve_ the original setting in effect when you started up Windows. Does anyone know if it is possible to have Windows preserve and restore the original rate?
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar5.130948.21268@granite.cr.bull.com> buck@granite.cr.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck) writes: : >1. Norton Utilities has a option that lets you adjust the 'key-repeat rate' > (which is what I think you mean). I assume other programs exist which > do this as well... : Another of the several alternatives is keyrate.exe in /pc/ts/tsutld18.arc. The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply. Contact your system manager for devicing a proper mail path for you, because unless you do, you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway. If you are in North America first consider using an ftp site near you to spare the overseas load.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) (03/06/91)
The News Manager) Nntp-Posting-Host: na Reply-To: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) Organization: Standard Disclaimer References: <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1991 22:12:05 GMT In article <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) writes: >I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as Steve, Try NCC from Norton Utilities. It's NOT memory resident, just sets your cursor speed once when you boot up. It's easy to use, here is the line from my autoexec.bat that takes care of it: c:\bin\ncc c:\set.cfg /keyrate > nul where set.cfg is the file that holds various configuration info. Make sure you buy Norton 4.5 if you don't have it, and not 5.0. Tony
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) (03/08/91)
In article <1991Mar7.072430.25315@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, rlg6@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert L. Gura) says: > > >In a previous article, shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) says: > >>Hi All, >>I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >>mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as > > Wouldn't the DOS command MODE do? >ex: MODE CON RATE=32 DELAY=1 > >Rate is how fast the key repeats, and Delay is the delay before it starts >repeating after you hold down the key. > > This may only work with DOS 4.0 and higher, that's what I use, and it makes >the key repeat fly! > I just tried it with PC-Dos 3.3 and it doesn't work. I use a program (which I sent him) called TurboKey which tweaks whatever the chip is that controls it and takes no memory. It's 512 bytes and most of that is four lines of program information (THIS IS PD FROM... etc). I've found that it works on most any 286 or better type computer except certain sperry and unisys computers (for some unknown reason). Carl Schelin tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu
helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman) (03/09/91)
In article <1991Mar5.130948.21268@granite.cr.bull.com> buck@granite.cr.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck) writes: >In article <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca > (Steve Hikida) writes: >>I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >>mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as >>"so no program will barf out")? A routine supplied with Volkswriter 3, called ATKBD, allows one to set the keyboard rate. I'm sure there's public domains stuff to do this too.
ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) (03/11/91)
In a previous article, shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) says: >Hi All, >I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as My favorite is FASTBUFF, available as FASTBF26.ARC in /mirrors/msdos/keyboard on wuarchive.wustl.edu. It is a TSR, but it's small and includes .ASM source. If you don't have a 286, it's probably the best thing around. -- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu | SAVE THE LOG. SAVE THE COFFEE. SAVE THE PIE. Disclaimer: Views expressed within are purely personal and should not be applied to any university agency.
johnm@bowen.cc.utas.edu.au (John B. Miezitis) (03/11/91)
>In article <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca > (Steve Hikida) writes: >I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as >"so no program will barf out")? WIN3 seems to do, and actually leaves >the cursor "FAST" when it returns to DOS. Any help would be greatly >appreciated! The following is an extract from Ralph Brown's Interrupt list:- INT 16 - KEYBOARD - SET DELAYS (Jr,AT model 339,XT286,PS) AH = 03h AL = subfunction 00h reset typematic (PCjr) 01h increase initial delay (PCjr) 02h increase continuing delay (PCjr) 03h increase both delays (PCjr) 04h turn off typematic (PCjr) 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 If you are using Turbo C then a call to int86( interrupt_number, reg_struct, reg_struct) would do the trick. If anyone wants more information I can mail you the source code I used to set my keyboard typematic rates. Cheers.. _______________________________________________________________________________ John. B. Miezitis. University of Tasmania Computing Centre email: johnm@diemen.cc.utas.edu.au | Belgium man Belgium!!! _______________________________________________________________________________ -- _______________________________________________________________________________ John B Miezitis University of Tasmania Computing Centre. email: johnm@diemen.cc.utas.edu.au | Belgium man Belgium!!! _______________________________________________________________________________
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/11/91)
>In a previous article, shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) says: > >>I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't >>mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as I don't recall if I already posted this (if so, my apologies). Try keyrate.exe which is in /pc/ts/tsutld18.arc. The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply. Contact your system manager for devicing a proper mail path for you, because unless you do, you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway. If you are in North America first consider using an ftp site near you to spare the overseas load.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) (03/14/91)
References: <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1991Mar5.130948.21268@granite.cr.bull.com> <1991Mar8.224302.7917@aero.org> > >In article <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca > > (Steve Hikida) writes: > >>I was wondering if anyone knows how (preferably source however I wouldn't > >>mind an .exe/.com too) to speed up the cursor SAFELY (i.e. read that as > >>"so no program will barf out")? > > A routine supplied with Volkswriter 3, called ATKBD, allows one to set > the keyboard rate. I'm sure there's public domains stuff to do this too. You can change the keyboard rate with the DOS mode command. I don't remember the exact syntax, but it should be in the DOS documentation.-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "No clever quote available today." -Mike.
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/14/91)
In article <4929@czech.sw.mcc.com> daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) writes: >You can change the keyboard rate with the DOS mode command. I don't remember >the exact syntax, but it should be in the DOS documentation.-- No, it is not in the DOS documentation. (Not at least below the quirky MsDos 4.0). You can change the typematic rate for an AT or 386 (the keyboard rate) e.g. by keyrate.exe which is in /pc/ts/tsutld18.arc. The feature is not available for XTs. The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply. Contact your system manager for devicing a proper mail path for you, because unless you do, you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway. If you are in North America first consider using an ftp site near you to spare the overseas load.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) (03/14/91)
With the number of replies, I wonder if the original poster will come out with his list of solutions. Carl