Octek HAWK 486, Manual

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SYSTEM BIOS
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(7) KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
NUMLOCK
In 84-key AT-style keyboards, it lacks a dedicated
cursor-control keypad. The NumLock control key is used on these
keyboards to toggle the Numeric Keypad from numeric operation to
cursor functions. In the original AT system, Numlock is always on after
booting and thus the keypad is in numeric mode. You need to press the
Numlock key once so as to use the cursor keys. 101/2 key keyboards
have a dedicated Cursor Keypad in addition to the Numeric Keypad.
The NumLock key is not necessary.
Through this utility, the boot-time default state of NumLock can
be set. Select "Disable" or "Enable" accordingly.
TYPEMATIC RATE
When a key is pressed on the keyboard for a period of time, the
keystroke will begin repeating at a predefined rate. The delay is by
default 0.5 seconds and the repeat rate is 10 characters per second. This
typematic repeat rate feature is a function of the keyboard and is not
produced by the system BIOS. However, most of AT-style keyboards
permit overriding the initial delay and subsequent repeat rate.
The BIOS can be configured to issue override typematic
parameters to the keyboard at boot-time. Both the "Delay before repeat"
and "typematic Repeat Rate" parameters can be selected. To accomplish
this, "Enable" the "Typematic Override" field, and select the Delay and
Rate in the other fields. We suggest a Delay of 0.5 seconds, and a