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I have been asked to look into a particular task that is to be
conducted on an IBM-PC AT and was hoping I could get some help
from the netlanders.

I need some information and hints (code would also be accepted)
on how to access or receive information from the keyboard of an
AT computer. Here is a description of the problem we are trying
to address. 

We would like to conduct a study of the number of keystrokes
that are needed for using specific editors. The study requires
that we time the period between keystrokes, the actual keys that
have been typed and record them to disk. From all of the 
information that I have been able to come up with (mainly dealing
with PC and XT computers) this is going to be a problem since 
the keyboard has its own processor that is not accessable. I have
also thought of one problem that one may run into. If the system
is busy how do you deal with buffered characters. I understand
that the AT may be fast enough to not have a problem with this
but I am not sure how to deal with it.

I would appreciate some input on this and some code if you or 
someone you may know has developed such. Also any references
to books or articles that have information that may be helpful
would be appreciated. Thanks.



Jim Moore
(jmoore@gb.ecn.purdue.edu)


Purdue University
Industrial Engineering Department
W. Lafayette, In.
(317)494-2686