heuring@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Vincent Heuring) (03/30/88)
Every few times I run an application on my Mac II, the keyboard shifts to upper case. It happens at random, and all keys (not just alphas) are shifted. I cannot get it to revert to lower case through any combination of caps lock, etc. The only fix is to reboot. (Unplugging the KB doesn't work, nor does exiting the application.) What is the matter here? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Vince Heuring Dep't of Electrical & Computer Engineering | | University of Colorado - Boulder heuring@colorado.EDU | -----------------------------------------------------------------
ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh) (04/01/88)
In article <1680@boulder.Colorado.EDU> heuring@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Vincent Heuring) writes: >Every few times I run an application on my Mac II, the keyboard >shifts to upper case. It happens at random, and all keys (not just >alphas) are shifted. I cannot get it to revert to lower case >through any combination of caps lock, etc. The only fix is >to reboot. (Unplugging the KB doesn't work, nor does exiting the >application.) > >What is the matter here? You have probably activated the Easy Access feature by accident, hittin the shift key five times in a row, then twice more to do a shift lock. The short-run solution is to hit the shift key five times, which will deactivate Easy Access. The long run solution is to remove the Easy Access INIT from your system folder. Look in the upper right-hand corner of your screen, in the menu bar, for the EA mini-icons, to the right of the MultiFinder icon if you're running MF. Sometimes between applications, it doesn't get properly redrawn (bug, I guess). --Paul
jcs1@bunny.UUCP (James Sinclair) (04/01/88)
In article <5783@bunny.UUCP>, ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh) writes: > > You have probably activated the Easy Access feature by accident, hittin > the shift key five times in a row, then twice more to do a shift lock. > The short-run solution is to hit the shift key five times, which will > deactivate Easy Access. The long run solution is to remove the Easy > Access INIT from your system folder. > I have experienced the same problem as the original poster, except that instead of being limited to the shift key, it also sometimes happens with the control key or the option key. I do not have a copy of Easy Access in my System Folder, so I believe the problem must be coming from another source. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim Sinclair (jcs1@bunny.uucp)
ack@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Andy J. Williams) (04/03/88)
In article <5785@bunny.UUCP> jcs1@bunny.UUCP (James Sinclair) writes: >In article <5783@bunny.UUCP>, ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh) writes: >> >> You have probably activated the Easy Access feature by accident, hittin >> the shift key five times in a row, then twice more to do a shift lock. >> The short-run solution is to hit the shift key five times, which will >> deactivate Easy Access. The long run solution is to remove the Easy >> Access INIT from your system folder. >> >I have experienced the same problem as the original poster, except that >instead of being limited to the shift key, it also sometimes happens >with the control key or the option key. I do not have a copy of Easy >Access in my System Folder, so I believe the problem must be coming from >another source. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > >Jim Sinclair (jcs1@bunny.uucp) This may or may not help, but we had a similar problem with a Mac II keyboard. The Caps lock, option and possibly a few other keys were sticking. I have heard other Mac II users complain of similar problems and am wondering if maybe Apple shipped bad keyboards... -ajw what can we use to fill the empty spaces where we used to talk (I hate innews line filling) just say fieyrnt. -- Andy J. Williams'90 |_ /| ACK! |BITNET: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu HB 509 Dartmouth Clg|\`o_O'Systems|UUCP:{ihnp4,decvax,linus}!dartvax!eleazar!ack Hanover, NH 03775 | ( ) |DISCLAIMER: You better like my opinions, 603-643-7727 | U --ACK! | my mother can beat up your mother...
isle@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Ken Hancock) (04/06/88)
In article <5785@bunny.UUCP> jcs1@bunny.UUCP (James Sinclair) writes: >In article <5783@bunny.UUCP>, ps01@bunny.UUCP (Paul Suh) writes: >> >> You have probably activated the Easy Access feature by accident, hittin >> the shift key five times in a row,....[extra deleted] >> >I have experienced the same problem as the original poster, except that >instead of being limited to the shift key, it also sometimes happens >with the control key or the option key. I do not have a copy of Easy >Access in my System Folder, so I believe the problem must be coming from >another source. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I believe it is the keyboard itself. Removing the Easy Access INIT never seemed to do anything. We had a Extended Keyboard in for repair twice because the command/options/shift keys were getting stuck. Pulling up the Key Caps DA showed them being held down. Bashing the keyboard a couple times sometimes helped. Ken -- Ken Hancock | UUCP: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Personal Computing Ctr. Consultant | BITNET: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu __________________________________/ \____________________________________ DISCLAIMER: If people weren't so sue-happy, I wouldn't need one!