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+/****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Reset the keyboard from line mode to character mode and
+ *          suppress the echo when a key is entered. This allow the
+ *          program to get a character without the user pressing ENTER.
+ *
+ *          This is for UNIX systems. DOS users have getch and getche.
+ *          Unix programers can also use curses.
+ *
+ * Author:  M.J. Leslie.
+ * Date:    30-Mar-97
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+void SetKeyboard  (void);
+void ResetKeyboard(void);
+
+main()
+{
+  char          Characters[1024];
+  int           Inc=0;
+
+  memset(Characters, 0, 1024);
+  
+  printf("Press a load of characters (q=exit)\n");
+
+  SetKeyboard();
+
+  for(Inc = 0; (Characters[Inc] = getchar()) != 'q'; Inc++);
+  
+  ResetKeyboard();
+
+  printf("You Pressed %s\n", Characters);
+}
+
+/* Set the keyboard. */
+
+void SetKeyboard(void)
+{
+  system("stty raw -echo");
+}
+
+/* Return the keyboard to its original state. If this is not called
+ * before the program ends, the keyboard will remain in its reconfigured
+ * state.
+ */
+
+void ResetKeyboard(void)
+{
+  system("stty -raw echo");
+}