Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!cmcl2!adm!xadmx!MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu From: MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel UMC Math Department) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: re: clearing keyboard buffer Message-ID: <21056@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 4 Oct 89 22:18:11 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 9 In my previous posting (using kb_head & kb_tail) I used WORD for the data type, forgetting that the word type only exists in TP 5.0 & 5.5. Integer would work just as well, so the same technique could be used in 4.0 (and 3.0, if it allows the 'absolute' modifier). Also, this technique may not work if you're using a TSR to expand your keyboard buffer. Rich