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Article #7708How to simulate Ctrl-Alt-[+|-]
From: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:31
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:31
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This motherboard I have can switch speeds from the keyboard, using
ctrl-alt-minus for slow, ctrl-alt-plus for fast and ctrl-alt-esc to use
the turbo switch selection. I never really played with the option
before, but now I need to change speeds inside a batch file. 4dos
keystack won't do the key combinations, and I would imagine DOS never
sees them anyway... surely the BIOS eats the key sequence.
Can I get my keyboard to act on its own? This is an XT (with a 286, but
only an 8-bit bus). Can the keyboard be manipulated from the computer?
It's an XT/AT switchable keyboard, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any pointers in the right direction.
--
Roy M. Silvernail -- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR- cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!fmsrl7!lynx.unm.edu!umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: How to simulate Ctrl-Alt-[+|-] Message-ID: <e7JuXB1w165w@cybrspc.uucp> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 14:31:01 CST Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 17