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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: lockup -- mouse lock & infinite key repeat -- Help!
Keywords: Mouse, Keyboard, Lock, keyboard chip
Message-ID: <1342@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 88 23:27:32 GMT
References: <826@usl-pc.UUCP>
Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin
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Posted: Sun Feb 14 00:27:32 1988

Frozen keyboard? Here is my defroster:

When I put my ST in a PC-housing (1 year ago) I wanted to have a long
keyboard cable.
Because this cable wasn't shielded in version 1 I had the same problem;
sometimes the keyboard processor ran into nirwana.

I cut the RESET line that connects ST and keyboard reset, put a
RC-combination into the keyboard (1 kOhms to +5V, 1 Microfarads to
ground) and gave both a reset button. 

This will cause some new problems that can be solved by a switch. If
Your keyboard is locked, disconnect motherboard and keyboard reset,
reset the keyboard and connect them again. Work whithout trouble for 10
month now.

hase
-- 
Hartmut Semken, Berlin (West) (*east of West-Germany :-)
hase@netmbx.UUCP
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