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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: PAUSE key
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.140424.138@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 11 Mar 91 14:04:24 GMT
References: <1991Mar08.165737.16390@truevision.com>
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In article <1991Mar08.165737.16390@truevision.com>, bobz@truevision.com (Bob Zigon) writes:
> How do i detect when the user has pressed the PAUSE key on the
> 101 key keyboard? A keycode/scancode does not seem to be generated
> (atleast according to the Norton Guides).

	The scancode for Pause/Break is 0E1h.  You need to hook Int 09h
because the scancode is interpreted by the keyboard handler and puts the
handler into a loop until it gets a valid character.

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