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Article #7571Re: Hardware problem in Software ??
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 04:30
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 04:30
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In article <185209f7.ARN1185@adspdk.UUCP> hclausen@adspdk.UUCP writes:
> This is very similar to the 'missing character' problem. I had the same
>symptoms, and I solved it by cutting the two capacitors on the motherboard.
>It seems that one of the special keys appear to the system to be held down.
>This looks like the LAmiga key, I've also seen a case of the Ctrl key being
>'held' in this way. Thus, everything you paste will have that qualifier,
>but hitting the key (Ctrl/Alt/LAmiga/RAmiga) in question will make the
>problem go away.
>
> Your local dealer should be able to do it. It is a HW problem.
This is not the "missing first character problem". I've seen this
back in the A1000 days. Run Sublogic's FS, then reboot, and n and m are
unusable. I don't know exactly what causes it (probably some keyboard
or CIA (mouse) related registers, but it most certainly can be caused by
software, and across boots. I haven't seen it in ages.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Hardware problem in Software ?? Message-ID: <16656@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 19 Dec 90 04:30:14 GMT References: <1990Dec4.183634.3676@csc.anu.oz.au> <613@cbmger.UUCP> <1990Dec5.041711.1678@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <185209f7.ARN1185@adspdk.UUCP> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 23