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From: todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Clearing the keyboard buffer
Keywords: MSDOS, IBM PC (compatible), KEYBOARD BUFFEER
Message-ID: <3773@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 14 Mar 89 19:47:51 GMT
References: <1636@aucs.UUCP>
Reply-To: todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman)
Distribution: na
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
Lines: 58

In article <1636@aucs.UUCP> 840369k@aucs.UUCP (Elric Kinslayer) writes:
>What's a quick and easy way to clear the keyboard?
>

ifdef DOCUMENTATION
; ****************************************************************************
   CONFLUSH.ASM
   2/17/89
   Todd Merriman

.MODULE            conflush
.LIBRARY           csub
.TYPE              function
.DESCRIPTION
   Flush the type-ahead buffer
.ARGUMENTS
   void conflush()
.NARRATIVE
   Conflush drains the type-ahead buffer.  All the characters in the buffer
   are thrown away.
.APPLICATION       system
.SYSTEM            msdos
.AUTHOR            Todd Merriman
.RETURNS
   Nothing
.LANGUAGE
   MSDOS small model & VMS, Assembly; all others, C
.ENDOC             END DOCUMENTATION
; ****************************************************************************
endif

	INCLUDE	\HEADER\C.MAC		; symbols and macros for Microsoft

	PSEG				; begin program section

	CFUN	conflush

	PUSH 	BP

	MOV	AX,0C00H		; flush buffer system call
	INT	21H

	POP	BP
	RET

	CFEND	conflush

	ENDPS				; end program section

	END

; ****************************************************************************
; End CONFLUSH.ASM
; ****************************************************************************

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