[net.micro.atari16] keyboard spontaneous repeats

mugc@utecfa.UUCP (ModemUserGroupChairman) (10/20/86)

> Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
> Subject: Re: Keyboard probles, spontanious repetitions
> References: <8610170023.AA28211@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>

> Subject: Keyboard probles, spontanious repetitions
> Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 20:24:06 EDT

> Hello,
> I have upgraded my 520-ST to 1Mb and installed the TOS PROMS myself.
> Since this I sometimes have a spontanious keyboard repeat. Also
> when no key is pressed. This sometimes resulted in sentences
> with a lot of charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrracters extra. The major problem
> is that also KERMIT get hang up (or XMODEM) and I suspect this
> keyboard problem. The repetition stops when a , no matter wich, key
> is pressed.

> Who has also had such problems and knows what to do with it.
> With my 1Mb upgrate a heve not use any 68kOhm resistors. Could this
> be the cause?

> Greetings,
> Berend F. de Vries
> U00170@HASARA5.BITNET

	This problem could be due to a loose keyboard connector.
Open up your ST and push the keyboard connector down so that it is
firmly connected.

	-anees

-- 
	Anees Munshi
	@ University of Toronto Engineering Comp. Facility :A
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