Unbuffered Keyboard -- revisited

[amlombardi@vms4.sci.csupomona.edu]

Well, I was perusing through the SMG package for the VAX ADA 83 thanx to
someone on this newsgroup who directed me to it..  I found a command for
getting a key from the keyboard ... 
			GET_KEYPRESS(STATUS : COND_VALUE_TYPE;
				     KEYBOARD_ID : UNSIGNED_LONGWORD;
				     KEY : UNSIGNED_WORD);

and before I believe you have to assign a virtual keyboard
			CREATE_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD(STATUS : COND_VALUE_TYPE;
					     KEYBOARD_ID : UNSIGNED_LONGWORD)
i don't quite remember if these were the exact way they are called but you 
get the idea...  problem is... when I create the keyboard it waits for a key
before it continues the rest of the program (which sucks) and I can't quite
figure out how to get PUT statements to work still.. question is how do I get
rid of that keypress it needs and how do I use SMG to write to the screen
instead of text_io ... thanx alot in advance, any help is appreciated ..
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