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- 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
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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.
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- Roy M. Silvernail -- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR- cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu
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