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From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: SlimSport 286 problem with WP5.0
Message-ID: <RN.33@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 14 Jan 91 06:41:39 GMT
References: <1991Jan11.174824.17904@noao.edu>
Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta
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In article <1991Jan11.174824.17904@noao.edu>, buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz) writes:
>My wife just got a Zenith Slimsport 286 to use at her office and we are 
>experiencing some weird problems.
> 
>The machine has a copy of WordPErfect 5.0 which is acting up.  The symtoms are
>as follows:
> 
    [list of symptoms deleted]
> 
>Has anyone out there seen this behavior?  Is there a fix?  Is the slimsport 
>a boat anchor?  HELP!!!
> 
 
    When WP 5.0 was first released, I saw it installed on several Zenith
286-based machines, and all had problems with the keyboards behaving in
a manner similar to the one you described. No problems with 8088-based
Zeniths, but definitely on 286-based ones. Never heard a good explanation,
but when later releases of WP 5.0 became available, there appeared to be
no problem. Check the release date of the WP 5.0 files. I think the very
first release was in May of 1988. Don't know what other dates there are, 
or when the problem was cleared up, but I don't think you are alone.
 
Dave Halliwell