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Re: Superkey/newer PC-AT problem

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From: gary friedman
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1986 15:29
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In article <116@crash.UUCP> adamsd@crash.UUCP (Adams Douglas) writes:
>Borland's Superkey is incompatible with the new ROM set on recent
>AT's. Specifically, the internal keyboard codes--which apparently
>only Superkey reads directly--have been changed around for some
>random reason.
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>If you just got your new AT and wonder what's wrong with
>Superkey, see if your dealer will swap keyboards. If you're about
>to purchase an AT, you should request the enhanced keyboard--
>especially since there may be other incompatibilities no one's
>discovered yet.


There's a better solution:  Don't buy IBM.



-- 

Gary Friedman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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From: garyf@mc0.UUCP (gary friedman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Superkey/newer PC-AT problem
Message-ID: <329@mc0.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Aug-86 11:29:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: mc0.329
Posted: Thu Aug 21 11:29:43 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Aug-86 11:08:21 EDT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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Keywords: PC,AT,Superkey,Borland