EG> Well, this thing prints a +, - or X. But... when I'm running this
EG> program and press pause and the any key, I only get the +, - or X and
EG> nothing else. This goes on until I've pressed alt-esc or ctl-esc. Is
EG> this normal?

You have to press and hold the key or hope that you are not in the
thread when the kbhit() is run..

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