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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: AT clone keyboard woes
Keywords: AT, keyboards, problems
Message-ID: <6475@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 89 20:51:33 GMT
References: <1466@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <4102@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <4102@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:

>  Many cases of the keyboard getting locked come from something which
>confuses the controller in the keyboard. *if* this is the case you may
>wish to try unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in.

>         You must decide is this might damage your equipment!

>   I am not suggesting you do this, just noting that it works for me.

I've had to do the same "unplug/re-plug" reset of a keyboard _many_
times and have yet to damage one.  I've seen more (in our department)
die simply of 'old age' - for lack of a better term - than by actually
doing anything to hurt it.

kEITHe