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Gunnar Pettersson (gunnar.pettersson@powrd.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Set-up:
: Performa 630 4/500 with RamDblr (1.6.2)
: System 7.5.3

: The mystery is that when pressing any one of the same five keys (e,u,i,o,a)
: on any keyboard, suddenly none of them "register", they're all dead.

: Through a process of elimination I've found that the problem is _not_ with
: the keyboards or ADB cables. I tried three different keyboards, two Apple
: Designs and one Classic (god bless it, the best keyboard Apple ever
: produced, imho) and two cables - all of which work just fine on other
: machines. 

: Anyone heard of this before? Is it a hardware or software problem...?

	Years ago there was a silly little anthology of apps called, 
Stupid Mac Tricks (or somthing like that).  One of the apps was a 
prankster app designed to open at startup. The app would remain invisible 
and act like a virus, eliminating all vowels on the keyboard.  Very 
annoying... very frustrating... very silly.
	The other possability is that you've downloaded a virus.  This 
program is extremely simple to write and to hide... so if you've downloaded 
any text files, small apps, or misc. files off the internet lately it's 
very likely that one of them was a virus.
	I'd first check your startup folder for anything that doesn't 
belong in there, and then scan your drives with a virus checker.

: Any help appreciated
: Gunnar  

	Hope that helps.

-Kevin Stone
 Stone Entertainment