KBDRATE(8)

NAME
       kbdrate - reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time

SYNOPSIS
       kbdrate [ -s ] [ -r rate ] [ -d delay ]

DESCRIPTION
       kbdrate is used to change the IBM keyboard repeat rate and
       delay time.  The delay is the amount of time  that  a  key
       must be depressed before it will start to repeat.

       Using  kbdrate  without any options will reset the rate to
       10.9 characters per second (cps) and the delay to 250 mil-
       liseconds (mS).  These are the IBM defaults.

OPTIONS
       -s     Silent.  No messages are printed.

       -r rate
              Change  the  keyboard repeat rate to rate cps.  The
              allowable range is from 2.0 to 30.0 cps.  Only cer-
              tain, specific values are possible, and the program
              will select the nearest possible value to  the  one
              specified.  The possible values are given, in char-
              acters per second, as follows: 2.0, 2.1, 2.3,  2.5,
              2.7,  3.0,  3.3, 3.7, 4.0, 4.3, 4.6, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0,
              6.7, 7.5, 8.0, 8.6, 9.2, 10.0,  10.9,  12.0,  13.3,
              15.0,  16.0,  17.1,  18.5,  20.0, 21.8, 24.0, 26.7,
              30.0.

       -d delay
              Change the delay to delay milliseconds.  The allow-
              able  range  is  from  250 to 1000 mS, but the only
              possible values (based  on  hardware  restrictions)
              are: 250mS, 500mS, 750mS, and 1000mS.

BUGS
       Not all keyboards support all rates.

       Not all keyboards have the rates mapped in the same way.

       Setting  the  repeat  rate  on the Gateway AnyKey keyboard
       does not work.  If someone with a Gateway figures out  how
       to   program   the   keyboard,   please   send   mail   to
       faith@cs.unc.edu.

FILES
       /etc/rc.local
       /dev/port

AUTHOR
       Rik Faith faith@cs.unc.edu