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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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- Subject: Re: Upper/lower case swapping ????
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.191623.8529@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 19:16:23 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.213327.15028@scott.skidmore.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul22.213327.15028@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
- >Using my comm program (Xtalk for Win), if I type too fast, the case
- >switches. Without caps lock, I get upper case, with it I get lower
- >case. The trouble starts when I try non alpha symbols ( . or 4 for
- >example). What I get is > and $. I can't get . or 4 in either caps
- >lock mode. When I get out of the emacs (UNIX) editor and back in to
- >edit, sometimes things get straightened out (I call our UNIX box from
- >my OS/2 home machine). I haven't had this happen with other software,
- >and it never happened in Windows. I suspect Xtalk, but maybe it's the
- >combination with OS/2. Anyone experience the same thing?
-
- I've had this happen on some older computers under DOS. It appears to
- be a bug in the keyboard controller chip. I could always clear this
- by pressing CTRL-SHIFT.
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