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From: bobeson@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Ellefson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: u character problem on RS/6000
Summary: similar problem noticed on AIX PS/2 v1.1
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Date: 9 Feb 91 20:54:23 GMT
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In article <1991Feb8.165809.16692@engin.umich.edu> wross@caen.engin.umich.edu (Wendy Ross) writes:
>Has anyone else noticed a very bizarre problem that seems to
>come up about every three months with the "u" character?
> 
>For example, when the "u" is typed, it appears on the line,
>but is then stripped before interpreted.

This is interesting!  One of our PS/2 model 80s running AIX PS/2 v1.1
has a similar, but not identical problem with the 'u' key!
We can type the login name and get a 'u' character, but from
the password on, we are unable to get the 'u' character from
the console keyboard.   Remote terminals are able to function
normally, but the console has been rendered effectively useless.
Rebooting does not help the problem.  I would love to find an answer
to this problem, since this is the only machine we have still
running v1.1, and I don't want to bring it to 1.2 for various 
compatibility reasons.

No joke here, either!

-Bob Ellefson