From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 19:35:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA27129 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:35:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA27110 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:35:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA05953; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:23:02 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602050253.NAA05953@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Very odd keyboard problems. To: dpk@eskimo.com (David Kirchner) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:23:01 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "David Kirchner" at Feb 4, 96 11:10:42 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Kirchner stands accused of saying: > > This sounds like you have a faulty keyboard. We have one at work that > > exhibits those sort of symptoms, and I had a Mitsumi a while back that > > generated F-key codes if you were too quick. > > > > Have you been able to reproduce this with another operating system, > > or swap keyboard models? > > It doesn't happen with DOS or Windows (when I had Windows) but it > does happen with my other keyboards. Hmm, OK, I point my finger at your keyboard controller instead then. There's no concievable way that the symptoms you describe could be caused by the console driver without it affecting lots of other people that type quickly... > -- David Kirchner -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[