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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A1000 Keyboard flakiness
Message-ID: <2701@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Nov-87 17:37:47 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  7 17:37:47 1987
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References: <2188@gryphon.CTS.COM>
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In article <2188@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
> Well, here it is, almost my Amiga's 2 year birthday, and I *finally*
> have a hardware problem. The keyboard is flakey.
> 
> Symptom: every now and again, it does this:
> 
> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> 
> about 2 quotes a second. The only other wierd thing is that if I pick
> up the keyboard, the caps lock light flashes.
> 
> So, any ideas netland ? Zit the cable, the keyboard, or something
> else ?

Well, the symptoms you describe indicate that your keyboard is not
getting acknowledgements from the system.  The quotes are artifacts
of it's trying to "resynchronize" with the system - see the keyboard
description in the back of the hardware manual.

It could be:

cable - try another, making sure wiring is the same, not reversed
connectors - clean with a piece of papertowel and rubbing alchol
keyboard microprocessor - make sure it's plugged in nice and tight
8520 U6P - try swapping the two and see if the problem goes away

Let me know what happens...

-- 
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