From:	"Florian Janoschek" <FJanoschek AT gmx DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: detecting multiple keypresses
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:55:22 +0100
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>so say if(keyboard_keypressed('a')printf("a\n");
>       if(keyboard_keypressed('b')printf("b\n");
>and the a and b buttons are both held down
>a and b will be printed out.
>
>Is there a way of achieving this?


You should program the keyboard directly.
This may be quite difficult as you'll have to write your own keyboard
interrupt handler, which should read the keyboard data from port 0x60
everytime a key is pressed.

Perhaps allegro supports something like this...

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Florian Janoschek
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