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- ATFASTKY: Mar 21, 1987; - Public Domain AT keyboard accelerator
- coded by Brian Murphy
-
-
- ATFASTKY speeds up the keyboard repeat rate on machines which use an
- 8024 keyboard controller (AT's and Compaq 386's are among the machines which
- fall into this category. IBM PC's, XT's and JR's do not), and that have a
- programmable keyboard (if your keyboard is a true IBM clone it's programmable).
- While most key board accelerators accomplish their task by leaving a
- bit of themselves resident and playing around with interrupts and internal
- timers, this program works in a completely different way. The 8024 keyboard
- controller is chip on the system board, and one of the things you can use it
- for is to program the keyboard of the AT (providing your brand has a
- programmable keyboard). What you can program into the keyboard is its repeat
- rate. ATFASTKY uses this approach, i.e. it programs the keyboard's
- microprocessor (didn't even know there was one there did you). Thus the
- change is transparent, only has to be made once on power up, and is clean,
- i.e it DOESN'T LEAVE RESIDENT PROGRAMS IN MEMORY!
- This acceleration rate complements some common accelerators, such as
- PC Magazine's KWIKEYS (which does remain resident), so if ATFASTKY isn't
- enough for you, adding your favorite resident accelerator my give you a
- screaming cursor. On an 80386 I've gotten the cursor all the way across the
- screen in 1.5 seconds!
- As to how well ATFASTKY will work with all types of machines is
- somewhat up in the air. Obviously if the machine doesn't have an 8024 it
- won't work. Other than that, it should . . . but you never know. The worst
- that can happen is that your machine will hang, or the keyboard repeat rate
- isn't changed. The best location for firing ATFASTKY up would be in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file where it will do its job and you can forget about it.
-
- To use ATFASTKY, just type ATFASTKY (difficult huh?). This will
- make your cursor move as fast as the keyboard can make it go.
-
- If you actually want to set the cursor delay and repeat values to
- different parameters, ATFASTKY will accept command line arguments to do this
- as well. For an explanation of how to do this, read the comments at the
- beginning of the enclosed listing. You have 4 delay times and 31 repeat
- rates to choose from!
-
-
- NOTE: ATFASTKY is a .COM program. If you wish to assemble it yourself
- you must use EXE2BIN after you've linked it.
-
-
- - Brian Murphy
-
- ATFASTKY is in the public domain. You are free to distribute it but it may
- not be sold or combined with any item as part of a sale package.