50g

When using my 48GX I've never had a problem, however on my 50G when I
am trying to duplicate a number (i.e. 55, 00, 88, etc.) I seem to be
pressing the key too fast and it only records one of the numbers. It
seems as if the system has a delay in it where it thinks I've
accidentally pressed it twice and does not record the second one.
After getting a couple of calcs wrong because I wasn't watching the
screen I tried again on the 48 and had no problems. It there an
adjustment for this in the system somewhere? I've gone through the
manual and could not find one.

Thanks much,
Robert

renystro wrote:

> When using my 48GX I've never had a problem, however on my 50G when I
> am trying to duplicate a number (i.e. 55, 00, 88, etc.) I seem to be
> pressing the key too fast and it only records one of the numbers. It
> seems as if the system has a delay in it where it thinks I've
> accidentally pressed it twice and does not record the second one.
> After getting a couple of calcs wrong because I wasn't watching the
> screen I tried again on the 48 and had no problems. It there an
> adjustment for this in the system somewhere? I've gone through the
> manual and could not find one.

Yes there is. There a system variable called KEYTIME which you can read
and set -- if a second keypress occurs before KEYTIME has elapsed it's
ignored. If your keyboard "doubles" on some keys, which was a problem
on early examples of the 49G+, you can increase this value. In your
case (which I can duplicate) I suggest decreasing it. The commands to
recall and store KEYTIME are KEYTIME-> and ->KEYTIME (where '->' is the
right arrow, right-shift-0.) You can get them out of the CATalog, or
just type them. I suggest trying KEYTIME-> to put the current value on
the stack, dividing by 2, then ->KEYTIME to replace. The value is in
1/8192s of a second, by the way.

--
Dave Boyd
"That's sucker talk."
-- Raven, _This_Gun_For_Hire_, Universal, 1942

Your solution was just what I needed. Thank you very much. It's
working just like I want it to now.