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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: "Stuck" keys in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.054353.23356@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 05:43:53 GMT
- References: <BALDWIN.92Aug28121209@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> <1992Aug28.182301.24635@scott.skidmore.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug28.182301.24635@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
- >In article <BALDWIN.92Aug28121209@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin) writes:
- >>Does anyone else have a "stuck" key problem in OS/2? I've seen this happen
- >>in PM, OS/2 full screen, DOS full screen and various apps. The system
- >>suddenly behaves as if one or more of Alt, Shift and/or Ctrl are being held
- >>down. The keyboard is not sticking physically, and I am certainly not holding
- >>these keys down at the time.
- >>
- >Yes.... when using CrossTalk and typing away (usually when I start
- >typing very fast) everything goes to uppercase. I can use Shift-A to
- >get lower case, but I can't get the digits back. Usually I can C-x-c
- >and re-edit a file and things go back to normal (unix emacs at the
- >other end). I'm using a model P70.
-
- Not that this cures anything, but I've always been able to undo a
- stuck-shift condition by pressing CTRL-SHIFT a few times.
-
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