From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: getch() with DJGPP
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:47:50 GMT
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 17:54:50 +0200, Bojan Resnik <resnikb AT eunet DOT yu>
wrote:

>  You misunderstood the getch() function. If a character is
>waiting in the keyboard queue, it will return it. If it isn't,
>then it will wait until you press a key.

Does it spin-wait, or does it call _dpmi_yield()?

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