On Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:41:16 +0000, Steve Brown wrote:
>When we had dumb terminals the keyboards were programmable so that
>various keys could be programmed to put in various text at a stroke,
>codes, details of standard instructions, & a message into the internal
>mail saying coffee, two biscuits, two paracetamol& no extras!!
>
>now we use pc's as terminal emulators & miss this function. Someone told
>me the other day that you can buy programmable keyboards for pc's. Has
>anyone used these, are they generally available?
>--
Don't forget that the computer is programmable, never mind the
keyboard! I use Windows Macro Recorder which I run simulataneously
with the Terminal program. Just record the sequence of key presses you
want and assign them a hot key. Many terminal emulators also have
internal functions to do the same thing.
Dr David Evans
Cardiff
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