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From: luke@tasis.utas.oz (Luke Visser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Keyboard problems with System 4.1/Finder 5.5
Message-ID: <403@tasis.utas.oz>
Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 20:07:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: tasis.403
Posted: Mon Aug  3 20:07:06 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Aug-87 00:55:30 EDT
Organization: Information Science, Uni of Tas, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Lines: 49
Keywords: keyboard, system, finder

I have a problem that involves a third party keyboard and the latest
System/Finder combination (4.1/5.5).  What I need is any help that I
can get from this news group.

The problem involves a third party keyboard that we bought because our
secretarys disliked the standard Mac keyboards (lets face it you've got
to keep the secretarys happy :-)).  The keyboards are built by a group
called Tangent Technologies (are you out there? Can you give me any help?)
and distributed in Australia by Metropolitan Business Machines.  The
keyboard is basically a IBM style keyboard that has been adapted (by Tangent)
to work (not any more :-)) with the Mac and is more comfortable than
the standard Mac keyboard.

This is the problem.  We bought them about a year ago and until now we have
had no problems.  However, with the latest System upgrade (to 4.1) when I
rebooted the system and tried to do some typing I managed two correct 
characters then a stream of incorrect characters and then the keyboard
froze.  No manner of tapping could get it to work.  Rebooting produced
exactly the same sequence.

Test Set-up is:  Mac Plus, Apple Hard Disk 20SC, System 4.1, Finder 5.5,
runs MacServe as server (couldn't have anything to do with it), no other
additional unusual software or hardware.  Tried on two independent set-ups
of this type.

So I reverted to the previous System (4.0) and no problems.  I contacted
the Aussie distributers and they were basically uninterested (to say the
least - they didn't want to even know the set-up that caused the problem),
their suggestion was to contact Apple, basically a waste of time because
it isn't Apple's responsibility to look after 3rd party products.

So that's it, can anyone tell me how to solve the situation and get those
keyboards to work with the current System.  Even better does Tangent
Technologies have a Usenet address which I can bug them on, or if they
read this could they respond.

Could people reply to me and I'll summarise to the net.

			Thanks Muchly in Advance,

				Greetings from Tassie

				Luke Visser.

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