Assigning a character to a function key

[Bill Horne]

Stephen Ronan wrote:
> Thanks all for the very useful tips! Right now Spinrite has run 
> its level 4 activities for for 12.5 hours with it anticipating 
> another 59.5 hours to go. I agree that it'd probably make most 
> sense to buy a new hard drive but the family's short on cash and 
> may need to postpone that at least till they encounter 
> significant problems due to the bad sectors. I look forward to 
> trying the suggested key mapping technique once Spinrite is 
> fixed, if I can't fix the key itself... I'm not optimisic since 
> it's not only missing the top part of the key with the letter on 
> it, but it's totally unresponsive.
>   

I suggest you check the recycling bin at your local center: most 
recycled PC's still have usable hard drives in them, and the price is right.

Bill

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