FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET (03/06/87)
There seems to be a peculiar "misfeature" related to keyboard rollover. I don't know if this is due to Uniterm or just another quirk in the hardware or software. Try this: hold down SHIFT, press S and while it is pressed, press E or D. You have to be quick and do it before autorepeat kicks in. What I get is the SHIFT-F1 key definition, which is my CIS usernumber. This often comes up when I am rapidly typing "USER" or other words with "SE": I get US72337,3417 ER. Running together "SE", "SD", "TF", "GH", and probably others all generate a fake SHIFT-F1. Reverse of the above "ES", "DS", etc also seem to do it. I haven't seen any of the other function keys "aliased" like that, and I haven't found a lowercase combination that triggers it. Very strange, and sometimes annoying (as when typing in a flame like, WHY CAN'T YOU STUPID US72337,3417 ERS GET IT RIG72337,3417 HT???? Sort of obscures the essence of the prose.) Don Rice University of Alaska, Fairbanks BITNET%"FXDDR@ALASKA" CIS 72337,3417 // KL7JIQ