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From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect runaway cursor/ansi.sys
Keywords: Word Perfect cursor ansi.sys
Message-ID: <2815@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 89 22:12:58 GMT
References: <1989Dec4.204529.14197@uncecs.edu>
Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney)
Organization: INFORMIX Professional Services ("Peace thru Normalization")
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In article <1989Dec4.204529.14197@uncecs.edu> mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) writes:
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|On Zenith Z248 (AT clone) have been using Word Perfect 5.0
|successfully in 25 and 43-line modes EGA. Recently have noticed a new 
|problem with "runaway cursor". That is, if down arrow is held down
|1-2 seconds, it zips to the bottom of the text, and the status line
|keeps blinking. Menus which were called before the cursor movement, also
|appears during the blinking. The program seems to be in some kind of a
|loop which can be stopped by pressing F1 or any key.
|The same behavior occur with the right arrow. Slow cursor movements do
|not bring this on.

This is a *feature* of the Zenith Z200 series (at least).  The arrow
keys will automatically accelerate as you hold them down.  It's
discussed in the hardware manual (at least, for my Z241).

|Removing memory resident programs doesn't help. Only other recent change
|in the machine is switch to Zenith DOS 3.31, updating the ROMs to 
|version 10, and installing new HD (Seagate 4096 80 MB) and partitioning
|with Zenith facilities.

What is "version 10"?  I think the most recent is 2.something.
I have 2.1F or so in mine, upgraded from the original 1.6.

|M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705

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