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From: talmy@rand.org (Shel Talmy)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: S.O.S--Flipper and the AMI BIOS
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Date: 16 May 91 13:49:30 GMT
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Index Number: 15703

As the subject header says, I have the Flipper speech program
running on a 386 with a AMI bios, and the combination of the two
evidently conflict, so that when I try to use an extended
keyboard with the 386, it locks up the machine.
I've had to go back to the old 88 key keyboard, which works fine.

I had the mother board changed and the glitch still occurs, and
unfortunately I can't get a different BIOS from this
manufacturer, so appear to be stuck unless there is a way around
it.

I have informed Stephan Smith at Flipper of the problem, and he's
logged the "bug report".  He doesn't have an AMI bios on which to
test Flipper.

I'm hoping somebody out there has experienced the same problem
and can give me a solution.

There is one other problem with Flipper in this configuration.
I have the "cursor beeps"(Control F10)turned on on start up.
They have become intermittent, which I also believe is a BIOS
problem, so any help in this area would also be welcome.

I have done the following in the attempt to track the problem:

Changed the mother board
Tried 4 different extended keyboards from different manufacturers
Tried 3 different versions of Flipper and am now using version
3.04

Any and all hints, solutions etc. will be welcome.