Re: How do you tell which key is about to be pressed?

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From: Phil Howard
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 06:17

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Mischa_Sandberg@mindlink.bc.ca (Mischa Sandberg) writes:

>Could someone tell me if there is a DOS or BIOS system call that
>can tell me which key the user is about to press? One user of
...
>So here I am, stuck with my one last hope: that the hesitating
>finger of the user, hovering over the "X" key, then the "Enter"
>key, then the "Print Screen" key, can be detected by the hardware
>(why DO they call it an 'enhanced' keyboard, anyway?), evaluated
>for likelihood of being what the user really wants, and substitute
>the correct keystroke instead.

I believe this is going to require a further hardware upgrade.

>Any suggestions will be collected and reposted, depending on
>how well they help me forget (oops, I meant *solve*) my problems.

I would suggest just forgetting it.

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