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[jstimpfle]

1 to 2 screen frames per key input, not 1 to 3.

But I acknowledge there's a general problem with the slow screen refresh rates we have. What are people doing if they want an ergonomic FPS shooter, or a video decoder that must decode videos with arbitrary video and audio rates? Probably ignore the problem and drop a frame here and there.

[mrob → jstimpfle]

It's 1 to 3 screen frames. Remember that the phase of the autorepeat is not aligned with anything. ASCII timing diagram showing one possibility:

  Key   : !___!___!___!___!__
  Term  : _!_!___!_!___!_!___
  Screen: _!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_

First key is shown for 3 screen frames, second for 1, third for 2, then the cycle repeats.