adnan@rice.edu (Sarmad Adnan) (07/20/90)
Speaking of keyboard problems with Himem.@#$@$.sys. Ahhhhhhhh!
I had a real nice time with Microsoft, AMI and JDR MicroDevices.
When I first installed windows it would lock up the keyboard in
standard mode on a 286 but run fine in real mode. Ok Call MS.
3 calls, an hour of long distance phone charges and explination
of the problem to 3 different Tech-Support-"Egg"sperts later it
was determined that ofcource the BIOS was incompatable. Ok so call
up the dealer (JDR-Microdevices) for a bios update. Nope that is
right we can not do that, you have to contact the AMI people your
self. The AMI Bios people, probably already pissed of at the number
of people redirected to them by MS for imaginary and real BIOS problems
took my BIOS number and instantly told me that I had no BIOS problems
and I should talk to microsoft. By this time I was about to burn my
copy of MS-windows.3.0.
In comes my girlfriend, a computer illetrate, she suggested that
since the keyboard locks up why dont I get another one. And lo and
behold Problems gone. Ecstacy... Yup that is right.
Both keyboard, different obscure Tiwanese brands, are perfectly ok
but one does not like windows.
So if you have keyboard lockup. Try a different keyboard, may save
you some time.
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Sarmad Adnan (adnan@rice.edu)
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