Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!sns!space
From: space@sns.UUCP (Lars Soltau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What does flashing caps-lock key mean?
Summary: Mine flashes after each boot
Message-ID: <75@sns.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 88 15:31:29 GMT
References: <11168@cup.portal.com> <1040@majestix.liu.se>
Reply-To: space@sns.UUCP (Lars Soltau)
Organization: Stuttgart Net System, FRG
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In article <1040@majestix.liu.se> mikhe@majestix.liu.se (Mike Henry) writes:
>    At startup the keyboard does a self test and flashes the CAPS_LOCK
>    as a reply, if anything has gone wrong:
>
>	One Blink	The Keyboard ROM check failed
>	Two Blinks	The Keyboard RAM check failed
>	Three Blinks	The Watchdog timer test failed
>	Four Blinks	A short exists between two row lines or
>			one of the seven special control keys.

I do hope you're not referring to the A2000 keyboard here, because every time
I a) switch on my Amy or b) press the magic three buttons my CapsLock LED
flashes one time.
If this DOES mean bad ROM, I've never noticed any problems.
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Lars Soltau	UUCP: ...uunet!unido!sns!space		BIX: -- no bucks --

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