> DN> But examining a local variable doesn't involve a lot of
 > DN> overhead compared with poking around in lower memory.
 > DN> static char ext_kbd = (char)-1;
 > I wouldn't have thought of casting that ?

Habit. The signedness of type char is implementation defined. While not
using the cast won't do anything of significance other than (possibly)
causing a warning message, casting won't hurt either.

 > You didn't turn into a windoze programmer have you ?

No. Believe it or not, there are actually platforms other than DOS/Windows
that are in common use. :)

 > When will bnuW.com be released ?  ;-)

Don't hold your breath.

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