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From: keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Keyboard Lock-up
Message-ID: <3176@tekgvs.TEK.COM>
Date: 3 Mar 88 17:05:57 GMT
References: <3580004@eecs.nwu.edu>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <3580004@eecs.nwu.edu> vcc@eecs.nwu.edu (Guest from Vogelback) writes:
<
<Dear Netland,
<  I have a question regarding lock-ups.  What causes the IBM PC's
<keyboard to lock-up?  Is it always caused by errors in software?

I dunno' why, but...

<Is
<there anyway to recover from it without shutting off the computer and
<losing everything?

...here's what (sometimes) works for me: unplug the keyboard and
plug it back in again. The keyboard's controller resets and comes
back to life, ready to go.

keith