steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) (08/17/90)
Recently I've been getting a strange effect with my T1000SE: every now and then it goes into a mode where every key press acts as if the control key is pressed. In other words, I can't type any more. At first I rebooted to clear it, but I've recently discovered that by trying combinations of fn-ctrl-shift, I can get it to clear, which makes me suspect that it goes into the mode if I mistype fn with something. Anyway, I haven't yet discovered what exactly gets me in the mode, nor what exactly gets me out, but anybody know what is happening here? Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@cwi.nl "Let us go then you and I/while the night is laid out against the sky/like a smear of mustard on an old pork pie" Nice poem Tom. I have ideas for changes though, why not come over? - Ezra
emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (08/18/90)
In article <1972@charon.cwi.nl> steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) writes:
Recently I've been getting a strange effect with my T1000SE: every now
and then it goes into a mode where every key press acts as if the
control key is pressed. In other words, I can't type any more.
Something similar happens to me playing Sim City, the arrow keys stop working
somehow.
--Edwayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (08/20/90)
In article <1972@charon.cwi.nl> steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) writes: > > Recently I've been getting a strange effect with my T1000SE: every now > and then it goes into a mode where every key press acts as if the > control key is pressed. In other words, I can't type any more. I have the same problem on True Blue IBM machines sometimes running DOS 4.00 and OS/2 at work. I don't think the problem is in the T1000SE. It may be a bug in DOS. -- "The number of programs that can be done with the Hubble Space Telescope has always greatly exceeded the time available for their execution, and this remains true even with the telescope in its current state." -- HST Science Working Group and User's Commitee Report, 1990 June 29. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525
cs471s07@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Cs471s07) (08/22/90)
In article <EMV.90Aug17163759@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: >In article <1972@charon.cwi.nl> steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) writes: > > Recently I've been getting a strange effect with my T1000SE: every now > and then it goes into a mode where every key press acts as if the > control key is pressed. In other words, I can't type any more. > >Something similar happens to me playing Sim City, the arrow keys stop working >somehow. > >--Ed Early model T1000SE's had a bug in ROM BIOS (v1.00) which might account for this. Try putting the lines C: KEYB US in your autoexec.bat and reboot... hope this helps! -cah -- Just a plain ole cs student. This never fails: cs471s07@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu