From: James MacDonald <trill AT Xnetbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: INKEY in DJGPP? (Timed input function?)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:13:18 +0100
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I'm writing an access control program that prints a message on the
screen, and then after that should wait for either no key press or a key
press of F1. At the moment, I'm using INT 16h to read the keys, but
these make the program stop until a key is pressed. 

Is it possible to have a three second delay in which time F1 can be
pressed (like INKEY/INKEY$ in BBC BASIC)?

Please tell me how :)
I have Allegro 2.2 + WIP, but I'd prefer a straight C solution because I
don't want 300K executables (and yes, I know about DJP!)
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