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- From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Keyboard problems!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.195547.960@blurt.oswego.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 00:55:47 GMT
- References: <BznGt2.H1A@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
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- In article <BznGt2.H1A@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, simst@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Todd Sims) writes:
- > I have a true blue IBM pc (8088). I installed a 386 motherboard into this pc.
- > I had no problems, except that I couldn't get the keyboard from the pc to work
- > with the 386 board. I subsituted a keyboard from another 386 computer and
- > it worked fine. I wanted to know if anyone has a solution to my problem or an
- > explanation as to why my true blue pc's keyboard isn't compatible with the
- > 386 motherboard.
-
- The XT (8088) keyboard is not compatible with the AT (80286 or higher).
- Most third party keyboards have a switch on the bottom to select XT or AT
- mode but original IBM keyboards do not. Get a new keyboard.
-
- Allen Mulvey
- mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
-