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From: michaelh@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Michael A. Hoffhines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: New Extended Keyboards
Summary: not _all_ problems fixed.
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Date: 27 Dec 90 21:42:22 GMT
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A couple weeks back someone posted an article (sorry, couldn't find the
reference) to the effect that they had exchanged their old extended
keyboard for the new one and had not experienced any of the intermittent
problems they had with the earlier keyboard.

This sounded too good to be true, so I dug out my receipt, described the
problem to my local dealer and got the new extended keyboard. Yes, the
feel is a little softer on the joints, but the same problems exist with
certain keystroke combinations - unfortunately.

Once again, for any listening eyes from Apple, here are some of the 
combinations that create problems:

1. Typing 'pro' rapidly results in 'pr' and the keyboard freezes until
   you type something other than an 'oh', then subsequent keystrokes
   appear.
2. Typing 'out' rapidly results in 'ou;'.

I haven't come across any combinations other than these that create problems,
but these two sting me at least once a day.

Still waiting for a fix, Mike.

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