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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Speed up cursor
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.122952.11429@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 12:29:52 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.072430.25315@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, rlg6@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert L. Gura) says:
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>In a previous article, shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) says:
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>>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