meltzer@sun.uucp (Sandy Meltzer) (09/14/86)
I recently purchased a used HYPERION portable PC. I was told that it
was "highly" compatible with the IBM-PC, but have come across a specific
problem.
Most "graphic" oriented programs (Flight Simulator, MicroSoft Windows,
Trivia, etc.) seem to "hang" the system. The programs load okay,
display their initial graphics correctly, and prompt me for input.
If I try to respond via the keyboard, it appears "dead". Could these
programs be generating a keyboard interrupt? With some programs, the
keyboard is completely dead and I have to turn the machine on/off to
reboot. With others (like Windows), the keyboard does not respond
to anything except a keyboard reboot (ctrl-alt-del).
The interrupt "structure" is exactly the same as a standard IBM-PC
and runs all other programs just fine. I have tried the "problem"
software under DOS versions 1.25, 2.0, 2.1, 2.11 with identical
results. I sure would appreciate some feedback about this problem.
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