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From: josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Problems with Keyboard
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Date: 11 Dec 90 15:46:55 GMT
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I have a Mac II (vanilla) with 5MB, tons of INITs, 6.0.5, no Multifinder,
and Apple Extended Keyboard. I'm using password protection to prevent
mounting of drive partitions with Silverlining, so I get the dialog box
at startup asking for the password.
Sometimes when I boot up, my keyboard is dead. The mouse, which goes through
the keyboard, works fine. Just no response from the keyboard, even though I
used it to start up the machine.
When I don't mount the drives, I get into the Finder (my startup isn't
protected) and go to ADBProbe in the Control Panel. A Number 1 appears where
the keyboard is supposed to be. If I play with ADBProbe, it changes to 2.
That's fine, so I exit and go into an application. I hit one key, and get a
bomb.
This happens only randomly, about once every five times I startup. In each
case, when I restart, everything works fine.
I don't think the INITs are causing a problem, since the whole thing works
most of the time. I just don't want this to get worse.
If anyone knows what is wrong, please tell me.

Email replies appreciated. If there is interest, I'll post my findings.

Thanks.
Josh
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