And another thing I thought, to expand on your question...holding the "a" key down on the Apple is the equivalent of: a.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, etc. What I thought is, I could have it insert a pause if the key is repeated at least twice, therefore the effect is: a...a...a...a...a...a...a...a...a... etc.

I think the WAIT command applies here, I'll have to look into it more. But if I can find a way to insert that conditional pause, you know...like, say pressing "a" leads to its own subroutine, and within that subroutine, a filter that would basically say "If a$= "a" then WAIT (however the syntax is.) And I could insert such a pause for each individual letter that I wish to GET, that way I can still establish an interval time rate.