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From: dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga Spontaneously Rebooting when Keyboard is Danced Upon
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.205923.29598@unislc.uucp>
Date: 12 Feb 91 20:59:23 GMT
References: <18573@brahms.udel.edu>
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From article <18573@brahms.udel.edu>, by jeremym@brahms.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz):
> Also.. I find that if I JAM the keyboard connecter into the 2000,
> it does it less... Short? Nah.. Maybe...hm...
>  
> E Pluribus //  Contacts: jeremym@brahms.udel.edu or jeremym@chopin.udel.edu or
>   Unix    //		  jeremy@freezer.it.udel.edu (line 1 = jeremym)  
>       \\ // 	          --->Monitor of comp.sys.amiga.emulations<---	        
>        \X/                2001 Dalmations - My stars, its full of dogs...

I know from experience that it is possible to cause a reboot (in the
ctrl-amiga-amiga fashion) by shorting 2 of the pins in the keyboard
connector together.  I and a friend discovered this once while
experimenting with the keyboard.

Perhaps your connector, socket, and/or keyboard has a problem and
occasionally causes this short to occur.
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