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Article #26923Re: Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE?
From: Andy J. Williams
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1988 16:00
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1988 16:00
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In article <5785@bunny.UUCP> jcs1@bunny.UUCP (James Sinclair) writes:
>In article <5783@bunny.UUCP>, ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh) writes:
>>
>> You have probably activated the Easy Access feature by accident, hittin
>> the shift key five times in a row, then twice more to do a shift lock.
>> The short-run solution is to hit the shift key five times, which will
>> deactivate Easy Access. The long run solution is to remove the Easy
>> Access INIT from your system folder.
>>
>I have experienced the same problem as the original poster, except that
>instead of being limited to the shift key, it also sometimes happens
>with the control key or the option key. I do not have a copy of Easy
>Access in my System Folder, so I believe the problem must be coming from
>another source. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Jim Sinclair (jcs1@bunny.uucp)
This may or may not help, but we had a similar problem with a Mac II keyboard.
The Caps lock, option and possibly a few other keys were sticking. I have
heard other Mac II users complain of similar problems and am wondering if
maybe Apple shipped bad keyboards...
-ajw
what
can
we
use
to
fill
the
empty
spaces
where
we
used
to
talk
(I hate innews line filling)
just say fieyrnt.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!att-ih!pacbell!ames!oliveb!pyramid!decwrl!decvax!dartvax!eleazar!ack From: ack@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Andy J. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE? Keywords: keyboard uppercase Message-ID: <8522@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 2 Apr 88 16:00:11 GMT References: <1680@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <5783@bunny.UUCP> <5785@bunny.UUCP> Reply-To: ack@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Andy J. Williams) Organization: Ack Systems Lines: 48