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From: LDSHANER@MTUS5.BITNET (Leon D. Shaner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flakey Keyboard
Message-ID: <90074.155758LDSHANER@MTUS5.BITNET>
Date: 15 Mar 90 20:57:58 GMT
References: <5260@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
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I have the same intermittent keyboard locking problem, which leaves all other
computer functions working just fine.  My problem is compounded with the fact
that after the keyboard has been sitting for a few minutes, without use, the
first key I press usually results in a continuous flow of a single repeating
character (other than the one I type).  For instance, I'll start a shell
excracting something from an archive.  While I wait I flip over to a term
program and read my mail.   When I go back to the shell I immedately hit the
up arrow and a row of dddddd's starts to flood my window until I hit another
key, which stops it.

I have a two year old B2000 rev 4.3 system.  My keyboard has a C= key instead
of a left Amiga (Any one know a source for left Amiga key tops?). I heard there
were a couple of different keyboards, and that it might be timing or bus noise.

I have two internal floppies, a GVP/Quantum 80 MB hard drive, a Microbotics
8UP! memory card populated with 2 MB 80ns ram.  All the standard chipset
that came with the 4.3 board, including KS1.2, I am however running WB1.3.2.

The problem didn't start until around last October, which was before I got
WB1.3.2 (I already had WB1.3)for many months, and the memory for a few months).

I don't run any mouse accelerators or macro programs.  I have also done a
very good job of taking the key board apart and cleaning everything.  I even
pulled all of the key tops off so that I could get at everything.

Any suggestions?  My system is on all the time and the keyboard freezes
completely only about once a month, but the key repeat glitch happens daily.

Thanks in advance.

-Leon
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