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From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
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Subject: Re: Kermit 2.2 UppErCAsE PrOLblEM
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Date: 24 Mar 90 23:28:31 GMT
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In article <53659@microsoft.UUCP> kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN) writes:
>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.

It's also sensitive to having a bad SID (or no SID) chip, which causes the same
symptoms.  My suspicions are that it has something to do with how Kermit
is trying to read the keyboard.... perhaps something is not initialized 
correctly.

This machine works fine, with it's defective SID, for all other programs.
(I don't use sound anyways...)  Kermit however bombs without a functional
SID.  It took me a long time to discover that.

... Joe