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Article #5101Re: Speed up cursor
From: Carl Schelin
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 12:29
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 12:29
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In article <1991Mar7.072430.25315@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, rlg6@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert L. Gura) says: > > >In a previous article, shikida@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Hikida) says: > >>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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!samsung!umich!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!wb3ffv!aplcen!news 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 References: <1991Mar5.074742.6657@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1991Mar7.072430.25315@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab Lines: 28