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From: filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ghosting on A1000 keyboard
Keywords: keyboard, ghosting, (not broke)
Message-ID: <145.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 19 Jan 90 07:30:23 GMT
References: <1990Jan6.065639.23629@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <907@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
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In article <907@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Joe Smith writes:
>To quote from the Amiga Hardware Reference Manual, 1989 edition, page 247:
>	still holding them down, press "Z".  On the original Amiga 1000
>	keyboard, both the "Z" and a ghost "X" would be generated.  Starting
>	with the Amiga 500, the controller was upgraded to notice simple
>	phantom situations like the one above; instead of generating a
>	ghost, the controller will hold off sending any character until the
>	the matrix was cleared (releasing "A" or "S" would clear the matrix).

Where is this controller?  Is the one from an A500 compatible with the
A1000 keyboard?  I'd enjoy my A1000 keyboard more if it wasn't so prone
to rollover artifacts.

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