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From: walker@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul D. Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.dos.programmer
Subject: Enhanced Keyboards...how does your machine recognize it?
Keywords: because mine sure doesn't...
Message-ID: <1990Jan10.023642.15851@ug.cs.dal.ca>
Date: 10 Jan 90 02:36:42 GMT
Reply-To: walker@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul D. Walker)
Organization: Unix Hackers Anonymous
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First of all, thanks to all those who replied to me about the logitech mouse
driver.  I picked up the latest copy from their BBS only to discover that I 
still have the problem with my graphics... (Time to get an ATI Wonder...)

Anyway, on to my question.  I have an AT with an enhanced keyboard.  I am 
having a slight problem with it, however.  The machine does not want to 
recognize that it is an enhanced keyboard.  This means that it does not 
recognize the F11 and F12 keys, nor will it send seperate scan codes for 
the 'grey' keys.

I have a program called SYSID version 4.4.  From what I understand, it was
originally taken from BIX sometime in the past.  This program does a lot of
quick and dirty things and tells you a lot of information about your machine.

When I ran this program, there is one page of information that tells me 
	1) that I have BIOS support for an enhanced keyboard.
	2) that I do not have an enhanced keyboard present.

Well, I find that curious. I think that I am looking at a 101-key keyboard :)

Does anyone have any experience with this problem?  Anyone know of any 
software that will allow me to force my computer to recognize this 
keyboard?  Anyone have any suggestion on how I can fix this?

Some information:
	I have a 286 with an enhanced keyboard.
	The BIOS is dated Sept 25/88 
	The BIOS is made by American Megatrends Inc.

My keyboard does not have a switch that says XT/AT like some of them do.  

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.  If you think that you 
might have an answer, but need more information, just ask. 

Thanks in advance.

	Paul.

PS:  If anyone is interested in the sysid program, then I have both source
	 and the executable.

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