The keyboard typing rate

[ManOfSteel]

Hello,
How do you change the keyboard typing rate (what ports and what data must be sent to them)?
Thanks for any help.

[Brendan]

Hi,

How do you change the keyboard typing rate (what ports and what data must be sent to them)?

You'd send the command 0xF3 to the keyboard controller chip, followed by a byte containing the repeat rate and delay:

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   mov al,0xf3
   call sendData
   jc .exit
   mov al,[keydevArate]            ;al = default repeat rate and delay
   call sendData

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%define STATUSPORT   0x64
%define COMMANDPORT   0x64
%define DATAPORT   0x60

;Send data to controller or device A
;_______________________________________________________________________________

sendData:
   pushes ebx,ecx
   push eax
   mov ebx,[SIBtickHigh]
   mov ecx,[SIBtickOver]
   add ebx,1
   adc ecx,0
   OSCALL 0x39           ;Sleep for 1 mS

   mov ebx,[SIBtickHigh]
   mov ecx,[SIBtickOver]
   add ebx,100         ;100 mS timout
   adc ecx,0
.sd1   in al,STATUSPORT
   test al,controllerInputFull
   je .sd2
   cmp [SIBtickOver],ecx
   jb .sd1
   cmp [SIBtickHigh],ebx
   jbe .sd1
   pop eax
   pops ebx,ecx
   stc
   ret

.sd2   pop eax
   out DATAPORT,al
   pops ebx,ecx
   clc
   ret

The repeat rate and delay values are avaliable at:
http://panda.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/%7Eachap ... board.html

The keyboard should send an "ACK" (0xFA) in response.


Cheers,

Brendan

[LukeyTheKid]

For fellow searchers finding this page far in the future from 2004, the wiki now has these type rate and delay values as well. Command code 0xF3 still applies

https://wiki.osdev.org/PS/2_Keyboard#Commands