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From: cdb@waikato.ac.nz (Craig D. Beere)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Qualitas 386max
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.092454.3252@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Mar 91 21:24:53 GMT
References: <91080.231426BMS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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> 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 had exactly the same problem on my TP 386SX.  Turns out the problem was with 
Compaq's CACHE.EXE (I am using Compaq DOS 4.01).  The utilities that come with
the DOS (cache, expanded mem manager, etc) are *totally* incompatible with
any non-Compaq bios.  I had all sorts of problems (lockups, funny keyboard
behavior esp the shift keys).

Are you using any proprietry DOS not for that machine?  Also, if your machine is 
a true-blue 386 then use BlueMax instead of 386Max.

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** Craig D. Beere  (a.k.a. ++Byron)
** cdb@waikato.ac.nz
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