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From: <BMS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 91 23:14:26 EST
Message-ID: <91080.231426BMS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Qualitas 386max

Ok here goes I've explained this to many persons so anyone who has a good answe
r please e-mail me!
I never had this problem before......
I installed Qualitas 386max and if I have PCtools (for sure) or maybe Sidekick
(could possibly cause the same problem but I don't use it enough to see) The ke
yboard will exibit some really screwy things for example:

Randomly the keyboard thinks that the leftshift is depressed, It will give capi
tols includong <>!@@#$%#$@:*& unlike the caps lock. If I press and release the
left shift it fixes it for about 15 minutes (regardless if I ever use the shift
 or not) Also the non-keypad cursor keys will sporatically produce 8,4,6 or 2 a
s if they were numberpad cursor keys with the numlock on.
This doesn't happen if Pctools is removed but It did happen with sidekick insta
lled (but I'm not sure PCTools wasn't installed at the same time)

I spoke with both PCtools and Qualitas tech support and Q. claimed they never h
eard of it but suggested that it was a bug in Pctools and *of course* not them.

Pctools said that he had been *personally* researching this *phenomina* and fou
nd it to be certain memory managers in combination with certain keyboards with
certain TSR's


ANy real help would be greatly appreciated
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                        Bradley Small
                       bms101 at psuvm
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