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From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2000 KEYBOARD PROB.
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.221454.794@agora.uucp>
Date: 21 Nov 90 22:14:54 GMT
References: <4f3e7512d8d227335424@canremote.uucp>
Organization: Open Communications Forum
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In article <4f3e7512d8d227335424@canremote.uucp> bill.young@canremote.uucp (BILL YOUNG) writes:
:My Rev. 4.x A2000 and HiTek keyboard has a problem - the first character
:I type disappears when I reboot my machine.  In Flake Report II they
:mention a quick hack to hardware fix the problem but I really don't want
:to attempt this.  Does anyone know if there's a software hack solution
:to it?  I've been recommended DH's SETCPU but it doesn't seem to work
:(only Cherry keyboards perhaps?).  Any enlightenment would be
:appreciated... :)
:
:byoung@canremote.uucp
:
:BTW, could someone send me some PRIVATE mail please?  Not sure if this
:address of mine is functional... thanks!

	The correct fix (from Commodore) for the rev 4.2/HiTek missing
character problem is to remove those two caps.  Any reputable Amiga service
center can do it for you.  It's a very simple mod, you basicly just break
the caps off where their leads join the circuit board.  The SetCPU fix is
for the timing problems with the earier cherry keyboards, and is a software
fix to a firmware problem. That's completely different than what you're
seeing.

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     -Bill Seymour                                            billsey@agora
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