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From: patrick@scrooge.ism.isc.com (Patrick Curran)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ISC 2.0.2 and VP/IX Dos Emulation
Keywords: unix dos vpix
Message-ID: <36515@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 16 Nov 89 20:18:32 GMT
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Reply-To: patrick@ism780c.isc.com (Patrick Curran)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA
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In article <240@hdchq.UUCP> diamond@hdchq.UUCP (Bill Diamond) writes:
>
>The problem is when users are in VP/ix DOS emulation, whether using a
>particular DOS program or just at the DOS shell, on both the console and
>the SunRiver stations, the keyboard seems to "flip out".  The caps lock
>locks in, and we cannot reset the keyboard.  All keys pressed once this
>keyboard flip-flop occurs generate an equivalent scan code as if the
><Shift> were pressed along with the single keystroke.

Try unplugging the keyboard and then plugging it back in again.
This solves almost all of the "lockup" problems I experience.

Patrick Curran (patrick@ism780c.isc.com)
(uunet!ism780c!patrick)
INTERACTIVE Systems Corp, Santa Monica, CA. (213) 453-8649