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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
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Subject: Re: Kermit 2.2 UppErCAsE PrOLblEM
Summary: Keyboard scanner problems
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Date: 21 Mar 90 01:23:03 GMT
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Regarding the uppercase problems a few people have been having with
Kermit v2.2, our best guess is that it is related to the keyboard scanner
routine problems that were discussed here previously.  In sum, Kermit is more
sensitive to the chips that handle keyboard input than most programs.

Apparently your machine has a chip (one of the 6526's does this job, I think)
that is just on the edge of tolerance--most programs don't care, but Kermit
does.  Chips can vary in the ways they operate and still be considered "good"
at the factory.  I have never personally seen this problem on any computer that
I have used Kermit on, and I have probably used at least 25 different
machines.

The solution to this is a patch to Kermit.  Ray Moody, the author, is working
on a fix but he won't have it done for awhile--he is in his last semester of
school and is very busy.  An interim solution is to change programs or
computers.

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation
Author of the C-64/128 Kermit v2.2 User's Guide

The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.