Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:50:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: fighteer AT cs DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: keyboard problem!
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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Actually, he's right: the effect of that code is to read one character from
> DOS standard input. This may be a problem, since on other compilers (at
> least Turbo C) `getch' reads directly from the keyboard.

I have just checked, and in Borland 3.1, `getch' reads from stdin as
well.  Are you sure Turbo C is different?  (Try redirecting stdin and
see if `getch' reads a character or waits for keyboard input.)