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- From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
- Subject: Re: Sticky shift key, errant num-lock... Probably a FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.044002.16567@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Summary: KEYB.COM is another possible solution
- Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <4969@news.duke.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:40:02 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <4969@news.duke.edu> alan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin) writes:
- >Here's one that I'm sure I saw answered over a year ago...
- >
- >Whenever I have more than 2 or 3 TSR's loaded (low or high), my shift
- >keys (generally the left one) and my num-lock keys behave strangely.
- ...
-
- Here's another possible solution (and the only one that worked for me),
- coming from deep within a database at Microsoft, and passed on to me
- by Rich Williams, poster of the "int9fix?" set of fixes:
-
- ........................................................................
-
- March 23, 1992
-
- You may encounter erratic keyboard behavior when using the MS-DOS 5.0
- HIMEM.SYS driver on certain systems. Symptoms may include a variety of
- problems interpreting the state of the SHIFT, CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK,
- ALT, and CTRL keys.
-
- ...
- (fix that didn't work for me, using the HIMEM.SYS /machine:xxxx
- switch, deleted )
- ...
-
- Another workaround is to include the line
-
- c:\dos\keyb us,,c:\dos\keyboard.sys
-
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. KEYB replaces the ROM BIOS INT 09h keyboard
- interrupt with its own routine. This may allow handling of the
- keyboard in a manner that does not conflict with A20 handling.
-
- ........................................................................
-
- The line that I actually used was:
-
- loadhigh c:\dos\keyb us,,c:\dos\keyboard.sys
-
- to conserve low memory.
-
- Bob Nichols
- rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
-