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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: K95 Transposing Keystrokes
Date: 3 Jun 1998 16:35:11 GMT
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In article <6l3sud$93l$1@samba.rahul.net>, <dold@network.rahul.net> wrote:
: Heath D. Marr (hm04@a1.swt.edu) wrote:
: : Several of my users are reporting that numbers/letters are being transposed
: : while using Kermit95 (1.16) for terminal emulation. I was skeptical and
: : tried it out. Sure enough - the typed characters are scrambled when typed.
: : It is intermittent and seems to occur only when typing at a relatively
: : quick rate. It's very frustrating and I'm not sure what will solve the
: : problem. I am 99% certain its not hardware.
:
: I have the same problem, and have had with all versions of K95.
: This occurs on serial connections as well as PPP connections.
: The transposed characters are not necessarily just a one-for-one swap; I do
: that with my own left to right coordination when pecking rapidly. I have
: seen blocks of three characters displaced by a few spaces, possibly three.
: The problem has stayed with me through an upgrade from 75MHz to 133MHz.
:
The plain-text interface to Windows 95 and NT, called "Console mode", is
deprecated by Microsoft, especially in Windows 95. It has numerous
unreasonable restrictions and a shameful number of bugs, many of them show
stoppers. Read through the Kermit 95 BUGS.TXT file for a sampling.
Plain text, lest we forget, is the one and only user interface that is open
and portable among all platforms, and that stands the test of time as other
self-proclaimed "standards" come and go with astounding speed.
Microsoft customers who would like the plain text interface supported
adequately should make their feelings known to Microsoft (good luck).
- Frank