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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Request for IBM-PC "QuickKeys" source
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Date: 23 Jun 89 14:21:45 GMT
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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).

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