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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: 27 Mar 90 23:58:38 GMT
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In article <10378@cbmvax.commodore.com> fred@cbmvax (Fred Bowen) writes:
>The only thing the user port and SID have in common is the 9V supply.  If
>you have a blown fuse (or bad power supply), SID will not work and modems
>requiring 9V will not work.

Which is what is very strange.  The system is just fine.

I might point out that the problem in question happens all the time 
while in Kermit, and not just while in connect mode.  It merrily uppercases
commands on the command line, and magically goes away when I leave 
Kermit.  The uppercasing only seems to affect certain letters.  This
suggests foul play keyboard scanning in Kermit.

It was really freaky the first time I encountered it, because I started
running a full set of diagnostics and chip swaps on the board in 
question.  Nothing logical corrected it, so I got ticked and replaced
the whole LSI chip set.  Suddenly it worked....  and it localized
down to the SID, which is probably the last component I would have
guessed at.

>The newer, 4-dip switch 1670 modem does not require 9V, the older modems
>do, as does the old VIC1011A cartridge.

How did we get into a user port discussion, by the way????

... Joe