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From: Brian.Michael.Patten@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Brian Michael Patten)
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Subject: Re: New Extended Keyboards
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Date: 28 Dec 90 06:55:15 GMT
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In article <10772@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> michaelh@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Michael
A. Hoffhines) writes:
>
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>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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> Michael Hoffhines               I INTERNET: michaelh@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu
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> University of Hawaii            I Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. B. Banzai

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I too have a "new" extended keyboard on my SE/30 and have been experiencing
the exact same problems that Mike describes above (especially the
thing with "out" coming across as "ou;", this really bugs me when I
am logging out of the local mainframes).  All this time I thought
it was just poor typing ability on my part.

How many others on the net have experienced these kinds of problems,
and does Apple have a solution?  I'm kind of pissed off when I am
now told that my $3000 computer system can't reproduce what I type
on the keyboard.  And what makes it worse is that I have been blaming
myself all this time, not the computer.

Hey Apple, a SPARCstation is starting to look *really* good to me.
It's those little annoying problems that tend to drive away customers.
Especially those little problems that never seem to get fixed.

Brian Patten

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