sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (12/13/87)
I just traded my A1000 in for a new A2000. I have encountered a
rather bizarre problem with my new A2000's cursor (arrow) keys.
The problem is simply that the arrow keys don't transmit the correct
ASCII sequences. Here is what they do transmit:
Key ASCII sequence transmitted
--------------------------------------------------------
up arrow ESC O A \ = - 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 `
right arrow ESC O C DEL ' ; l k j h g f d s a
left arrow ESC O D RET ] [ p o i u y t r e w q TAB
down arrow ESC O B CTRL/H SPC / . , m n b v c x z
You'll notice that these rather long sequences include sequences that
you would get if you typed rows of keys backwards.
This problem occurs with both the vanilla WorkBench 1.2 that I got
with the A2000, and with the old copy of Workbench 1.2 that I had with
my old A1000. It occurs with all software: Basic, Ed, etc.
Do I have a defective keyboard (as I suspect), or am I doing something
wrong? If anyone has any ideas/suggestions, please email them to me
at the address below. Thanx very much for your help!
Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730
Fone: (617)271-7753
ARPA: sdl@mitre-bedford.arpa
UUCP: ...{cbosgd,decvax,genrad,ll-xn,philabs,security,utzoo}!linus!sdlgrr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) (12/28/87)
In article <19429@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes: > > I just traded my A1000 in for a new A2000. I have encountered a > rather bizarre problem with my new A2000's cursor (arrow) keys. > > The problem is simply that the arrow keys don't transmit the correct > ASCII sequences. Here is what they do transmit: > > Key ASCII sequence transmitted > -------------------------------------------------------- > up arrow ESC O A \ = - 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ` > right arrow ESC O C DEL ' ; l k j h g f d s a > left arrow ESC O D RET ] [ p o i u y t r e w q TAB > down arrow ESC O B CTRL/H SPC / . , m n b v c x z > > > You'll notice that these rather long sequences include sequences that > you would get if you typed rows of keys backwards. > > This problem occurs with both the vanilla WorkBench 1.2 that I got > with the A2000, and with the old copy of Workbench 1.2 that I had with > my old A1000. It occurs with all software: Basic, Ed, etc. > > Do I have a defective keyboard (as I suspect), or am I doing something > wrong? You seem to have a badly broken keyboard. Please people, when you find problems like this or other hardware problems/ guru's/blinking LEDs right out of the box, don't delay but get the machine back to the dealer. If whatever you are trying to do works on another machine, it's a pretty good sign that your machine is broken. If it's bad right out of the box (DOA) you should be able to exchange it for a good unit. If you wait, the problem becomes a warranty repair issue and even if you don't have to pay for it, you and your newly purchased machine are going to be separated for a while. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)