Re: dumb Tame question

[Michael Norman michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

At 1/4/2005 08:32 AM -0800, Lisa Kleinholz wrote:
> >(You'll have to adjust Mode Con: repeat and delay, but this too is a
> >snap.)
>
> Two questions: 1. Sorry to be dumb, but what is mode con, where do I
> find it and change it?
>
> 2. The only problem I see now with XyWrite is that if the cursor moves
> too quickly, little boxes appear on the screen. They disappear right
> away, but it's annoying. Will the mode con adjustment solve this?


The full URL is
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/mode.mspx


...but follows an excerpt with the syntax. The site does not say this, but
there's a post in XySearch that advises that the change STICKS until you
change it again.


Simply put, go to a CMD [DOS] prompt and issue:

*mode con: rate=[R] delay=[D]* where R is any number up to 31 and D is
either 1,2,3, or 4 as explained below. (Some on the list use 0 [zero]
instead of 1. Don't know why. My settings is mode con: rate=18 delay=1.
That should slow the curor down and eliminte the ghosting you are seeing.
Let us know, please.

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rate=r : Specifies the rate at which a character is repeated on the screen
when you hold down a key.


delay=d : Specifies the amount of time that must elapse, after you press
and hold down a key, before the character output starts to repeat.


Remarks
? The typematic rate is the rate at which a character repeats when you hold
down the key for that character. The typematic rate has two components, the
rate and the delay. Some keyboards do not recognize this command.


? Using rate=r

Valid values are in the range 1 through 32. These values are equal to
approximately 2 to 30 characters per second, respectively. The default
value is 20 for IBM AT-compatible keyboards, and 21 for IBM PS/2-compatible
keyboards. If you set the rate, you must also set the delay.


? Using delay=d

Valid values for d are 1, 2, 3, and 4 (representing 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1
second, respectively). The default value is 2. If you set the delay, you
must also set the rate.

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Michael Norman