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From: jho@imada.dk (Jens H. Ovesen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Reading from system device kybd:
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.185110.21036@imada.dk>
Date: 5 Mar 91 18:51:10 GMT
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vanaards%t7@uk.ac.man.cs (Steven van Aardt) writes:


> Here's yet another problem I've had recently, could someone help ?
>1. Hold down a single alpha key, the character should be echoed to the screen,
>   The keyboard buffer will eventually fill after 255 characters, and you'll
>   hear an audible beep.
>2. Press the Return/Enter key.
>3. The program now crashes with an EOF message
>4. Type CLOSE#X or CLOSE#0
>5. And RUN the program again
>6. You should see a 'Channel' error message.
>I couldn't open kbd: again till after a *shutdown.
>Could someone explain what's happening.
>X=OPENIN "kbd:"
>REPEAT
>  A=BGET#X
>UNTIL A=ASC"."
>CLOSE #X

I didn't get the 'Channel' error message, sorry. Maybe the problem is something else? You do have RISCOS?

Jens.