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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Cheap keyboard?
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!unixland!rmkhome!rmk
- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:45:20 GMT
- Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Message-ID: <9212241845.23@rmkhome.UUCP>
- References: <1992Dec23.233912.8851@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> <725222948snz@mallard.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <725222948snz@mallard.demon.co.uk> mike@mallard.demon.co.uk writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.233912.8851@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> schwaigr@news.weeg.uiowa.edu writes:
- >
- >>I have observed a similar problem with the keyset, which curiously
- >>enough is on a 40 MHz 386 system. The very same keyboard works fine
- >>on my 33 MHz 486 system, and the 386 system (and the keyboard) work
- >>fine in every other respect for DOS applications.
- >>
- >>Not sure where the problem is, although I have speculated that it
- >>may be in the BIOS.
- >
- >You're right - I've just tried the other keyboard with my new
- >machine and it makes no difference. I guess it must be BIOS,
- >although the other machine has an AMI BIOS too. My new machine's
- >BIOS is also AMI, but slightly more recent (and no "advanced
- >chipset setup" options).
-
- The problem is in the keyboard. Coherent uses alternate keycode set 3 for
- the virtual consoles. Cheap keyboards often neglect to include this set.
-
- I have a Northgate Omnikey/101 keyboard which works just fine. It cost
- $95 with tax. You get what you pay for.
-
- --
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- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP merk!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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