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From: alpert@chovax.dec.com (Enemy of the State)
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Subject: Re: Kermit 2.2 UppErCAsE PrOLblEM
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Date: 29 Mar 90 02:50:02 GMT
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In article <10407@cbmvax.commodore.com>, fred@cbmvax.commodore.com (Fred Bowen) writes...
> 
>Sorry, I think if you examine which letters are incorrectly cased you will
>find a correspondence with the parity bit.  The shift keys do not occupy
>positions in the key matrix that would cause this sort of problem, even with
>the worst keyscan code AND the longest, noisiest cable imaginable.  You may
>not be connected to a host, but are you still connected to your modem?
> 

I have Kermit 2.2 running on my C64 sitting next to my terminal.  The C64 is
not connected to a modem; there is nothing connected but the disk drive and
monitor.  At the local "Kermit-65>" prompt I can repeatedly type any alphabetic 
key and it will at random come up as upper or lower case with no discernable
pattern.  (This does not occur if the SHIFT key is pressed.)

Since there is no modem involved and the C64 is just echoing local
commands I don't understand how it can be a communications problem.

The only other known problem with my machine is that the SID seems
to be sick.  I don't have any other software that displays this problem.

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