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From: mabdoor@cs.vu.nl (Doorn van MAB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: PS/2 :^H- on boot
Message-ID: <8976@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 6 Feb 91 13:00:26 GMT
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Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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I have a strange question about my IBM PS/2 Model 50Z.

When I boot with MS-DOS, I get my normal prompt, but there also appears an
extra character.

(I don't know the name of it, but it is the same character that is often
used as division on a pocket-calculator.  It's something like:  
    : ^H -
)

I have to press Backspace to erase the character. Then I have no problem, my
system works fine.

But, although it doesn't bother me to much, I still would like to know if
this is normal.

My questions:

1) Does someone else have the same 'problem' with a PS/2 ?
2) Can someone explain why this happens, and how to fix it ?


Thanks a lot!

You can contact me by e-mail:   mabdoor@cs.vu.nl


NOTE: My PS/2 doesn't have any password installed. (Maybe this is important) 
NOTE2: It's not MS-DOS-s fault. The character also appears when I boot
MINIX (a unix version), or the OS/2 DOS-box.

Matthijs van Doorn

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