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From: andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Rapid typing problem on 9000/318
Message-ID: <1712@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Date: 25 Jan 89 22:29:24 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division
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In article <3901@hemuli.UUCP> tml@hemuli.UUCP (Tor Lillqvist) writes:
>I have a slight problem with our HP9000/318 workstations (with 46021AX
>keyboards).  The problem appears both when logging in (when the ITE is in
>control?) and under X.  If I rapidly type some characters keeping the SHIFT key
>pressed I get extra garbage characters.  For instance if I type VAR followed by
>a space, I get VARW<space>.  Similar effects appear with other combinations.  I
>can repeat this on all our 318s.  Is this a known bug?

I had a similar problem, and it turned out to be a problem with the
keyboard that my local system maintenance fellow had seen before.
Swapping the keyboard fixed it.


Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664
	"wake now!  Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..."
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