No I get the escape sequence as single chars, one by one. Once I've decided it is an escape sequence I read in the complete sequence (once again using time-outs) and look up this string in a hash.

But the problem are the time-outs, the time-outs are unrelyable and I would like to get rid of them.
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>>>> Zoidberg: So many memories, so many strange fluids gushing out of patients' bodies.... <<<<