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In article <KRAWCHUK.91May27101135@fsd.cpsc.UCalgary.ca> krawchuk@cpsc.UCalgary.ca (Bj Krawchuk) writes:
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>The Problem:
>	-Occasionally-, after pressing control P (to move up a line
>	in gmacs) a bunch of ^Q characters are inserted into the
>	emacs buffer and continue being inserted until I press 
>	^Q. Very odd, I think.
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>So does anyone have any idea what my problem is? 

I've used Olivetti's extensivly in the past, and I think I know what
your problem is. The M21/M24 machines are notorious for bad keyboards -
they have a tendency to wear out quickly with any sort of heavy use. In
the past, I've found that as the machines wear, the keyboards don't
debounce as quickly as they used to. Even though the key pops back up
into place when released, there is still enough pressure for the auto
repeat to kick in. Your new software is probably just a little quicker
at reacting, and may be picking this up.

Try this: Take apart your keyboard, and THOROUGHLY clean the keys
affected (Ctrl, "P", and "Q") - see if the problem goes away....
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