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From: danr@SSD.HARRIS.COM (Dan Rittersdorf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy 1200HD Keyboard problems
Summary: Lack of response -- Sore fingers
Keywords: stupid blasted ancient pile of junk
Message-ID: <2370@hcx1.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 89 15:15:30 GMT
Sender: news@hcx1.UUCP
Reply-To: danr@hcx9.UUCP (Dan Rittersdorf)
Organization: Harris Computer Systems, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Are there any 1200 HD users out there?  I have a problem with my keyboard,
and I need to know if anyone else has had the same problem, or knows how
to fix it.

Obviously, the *real* fix is to get a *real* machine with some reasonable
amount of horsepower, but I don't do the P.C. development anymore that I
used to, and the old 1200 has been reduced to a "pleasure vehicle" and
intermittent terminal emulator.  The large investment in more horsepower
isn't worth the little bit I'd use the machine at home.

The problem is that the keys on the keyboard simply refuse to respond on
the first press -- and some wait till I pounce on the keyboard to respond.
This makes for sore fingers if I do anything remotely resembling *use*
of the machine.  I have had it apart and cleaned it up -- no change.
I even took it for a ride outdoors in hopes of discharging an static
buildup -- no response.  Does anyone but Tandy have a replacement keyboard
that matches the pin assignments on a 1200?  Tandy has an adapter,
but for that $250.00 I can replace the parts of the machine that remain
Tandy!  (Perhaps this is the *real* fix???)

I'd appreciate any helpful suggestions.

-danr
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            "oochie-woochie-coochie-coo" -- an old Earth dialect
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  Dan Rittersdorf  (Dan'l fer short...) : danr@hcx1.ssd.harris.com
  Harris Corporation, Computer Systems Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
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OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed above are mine, Mine, MINE!  
Anyone else that wants one will have to look elsewhere.  That includes Harris.