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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: GVP '030 accelerator -- odd behavior
Message-ID: <13789@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Aug 90 14:23:02 GMT
References: <3235@decuac.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3235@decuac.DEC.COM> baker@wbc.dec.com writes:

>	2) More annoying, the keyboard stutters from time to time, i.e. I'll
>	hit a key and it will repeat a laaaaaaaaaaaarge number of times. This
>	seems to happen mostly in string/integer gadgets, 'tho I've seen it
>	happen with the CLI a couple times.  This also happens only when the
>	'030 is enabled.  

Any chance you have the Cherry keyboard (function keys are the size of the
"Esc" key, rather than the size of the "Alt" key as they are on newer 
keyboards) and have the "SetCPU FASTROM" MMU setup (this is, apparently, the
standard GVP setup).  That combination causes problems; the ROM's keyboard
code runs too fast for the Cherry's handshake.  

If you had 1.3 in ROM, you could use the "KEYPATCH" option to put a safe
delay into that routine.  Unfortunately, the KEYPATCH option doesn't work
correctly for 1.2.  There are other utilities designed to slow down the
keyboard routine which may help you out.  Or you could eliminate the FASTROM
setup entirely.

>Art Baker

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