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keyboard

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From: Joel Mathew Hegberg
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 16:19
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Happy Thanksgiving!!  :)

I'm dropping a quick message before I go to stuff myself full of turkey
to ask some help in finding a keyboard for my MM/1.  Recently, my 't'
key became permanently depressed (all the t's you see in this note have
been cut&pasted using K-Windows mouse... glad the feature is there, but
highly inconvenice compared to keyboard entry!!!), so I ordered the
exact same model keyboard again.  It arrived last night, and I just
tried plugging it in and searching for the XT/AT compatible switch, and
there is none... sigh.  One of those auto-selectable jobs.  Knowing the
worst already, I tried it anyways and sure enough, it doesn't work.
I've been avoiding my computer for a week now, and I can't take much
more (note my panicked voice and signs of withdrawal symptoms)... if
anyone knows where I can get an XT ONLY keyboard, or one with a manual
switch, please oh please tell me where.  I have been using a Chicony
ultra-cheapo KB-5191 (same as the MM/1 had in its Rainbow review), so
anyone else using it should beware... it's been upgraded.  :)

Thanks for any help!



  -- Joel Mathew Hegberg.

 Delphi   : JOELHEGBERG
 GEnie    : j.hegberg
 Internet : JoelHegberg@delphi.com
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