In terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1) I can't change keyboard delay (it stays the same - 1s):
# kbdrate -r 30 -d 250
Typematic Rate set to 33,3 cps (delay = 250 ms) (Yes, kbdrate incorectly reports delay is 250 ms.)
Note also that I CAN change it in X:
$ xset r rate 200 40
I think keyboard is "Clicker 98" (or something like that).