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to: SCOTT VETTER
from: ERIC SCHONNING
date: 1995-06-21 21:14:00
subject: Re: Keyboard polling & OS/2

SV>     Is there a way under OS/2 and running a PB program that polls the
SV> keyboard to give up some of the time slices?   When the program runs a
SV> polls for the keyboard performance of the whole OS/2 system goes down
SV> the tubes.  OS/2's Pulse display shows this to be true.  I tried
SV> adjusting the idle-sensitivity and idle-seconds but to no avail.
  
Supposedly calling int 28h in your polling loop will give up the time
slice and speed things up.  no registers to set just say call interrupt
&h28.  I'd be interested in knowing if that works as i don't have os/2
set up anywhere and no way to test it.     eric
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