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Re: Keyboards

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From: Ralf Brown
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 00:26
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In article <783572984snx@holly.demon.co.uk>, mcr@holly.demon.co.uk (Mark Rogers) wrote:
}> The fact that most key combinations roll over OK suggests a design fault,
}
}... or more likely a design implementation fault. I've heard from one 
}AnyKey keyboard user whose keyboard works fine, so maybe I've got two 
}from a bad batch.

I just tried it on my AnyKey, and found:
     <left-shift> <f> <t>    fails on the 't'
     <left-shift> <g> <t>    fails
     <f> <left-shift> <t>    fails
     <g> <left-shift> <t>    fails
     <left-control> <f> <t>  fails on the 't'
     <f> <left-control> <t>  fails
     <left-control> <g> <t>  fails
     <g> <left-control> <t>  fails
but
     <right-shift> <f> <t>   works
     <f> <right-shift> <t>   works
     <right-ctrl> <f> <t>    works
     etc.

Note that <left-control> is actually CapsLock remapped to the left Control key!
Looks like a rather subtle software bug....

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From: Ralf Brown <ralf@telerama.lm.com>
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Subject: Re: Keyboards
Date: 7 Nov 1994 00:26:31 GMT
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