Have you tried using Aurora in command.com?

Start | Run | Type: command | Click OK

Typematic rate: MODE CON[:] [RATE=r DELAY=d]

mode /? for help.

Aurora32???

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Aurora32 Notes about Win2K: While I have been able to run Aurora32 under
Win2K, you can cause a repeatable crash, in my experience, by using the File
Manager to load files. Invoking the File Manager from the "File" pull down
menu or starting the editor with the File Manager on the opening screen will
lead to a crash when a file is selected. Avoid the File Manager and you
stand a chance of editing. Aurora32 was programmed to run under previous
versions of Win32 and in my opinion needs to be updated to deal with known
Aurora32 bugs and whatever compatibility issues have been introduced in
Win2K vs prior OS releases. I was able to edit files once they were loaded
via the "File|Open" menu using an explicit path and filename. Another way I
was able to load and edit files is to use the "Tree" macro to navigate to
the file. Tree can be found either in the Macro List or in the File
pull-down menu. Although Tree looks a lot like the file manager when running
and probably uses many of the same functions, it does load the file(s) for
me instead of crashing. I have commented out the "File Manager" item in the
File menu (see menu.aml) so that I am not tempted to select it and I have
Aurora32 open to a new file instead of a File Manager window. The DOS
version of Aurora appears to run well under Win2K, so that is an alternative
(but it limits your window size). [kn, Jan 11-17, 2003].
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from...
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~knassen/aurora.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:eCxw4jWIHHA.1044@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Michael C. <michaeljnc@bellsouth.net> hunted and pecked:
> I am using a DOS based text editor, Aurora, which I am totally devoted
> to. When run from a CMD prompt or even a Run command, the cursor
> movement is painfully slow! In my previous version, Windows 98, I used
> the MODE CON: command to set the typematic rate (at 32) which made the
> cursor move very quickly. This does not work with Win XP CMD.exe.
>
> Can someone tell how to speed up the cursor movement?
>
> Thanks so much.
> Michael