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From: jojo@speedy.WISC.EDU (Jon Wesener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ^P locks up keyboard
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Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 10:26:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 10:26:02 1987
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In article <15000046@silver> creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes:
>
>   I've been told that ^P acts like control-printscreen. Since I don't
>have a printer connected, that's why it locks up.

	Well, then try hitting the break key on an enhanced keyboard about
6 or 7 times and see if that doesn't hang the machine to hell.
You get an internal stack error, and have to turn it off to restart it.
This happens on both of the enhanced keyboard machines I have seen.
bad bios?

--j

jon wesener
jojo@speedy.wisc.edu
	"remember kids, just say NO! to MSDOS"