From: Victor Kress (kress_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 04 1999 - 04:38:53 EST
I had a similar problem when I first installed OS/2 with fixpack 6 on my 600. For other
reasons Iinstalled FP8 and this seems to have cured it.
On Sun, 03 Jan 1999 09:36:59 +0200 (EET), Thom Parkhill wrote:
>I'm experiencing frequent lockups of my keyboard. It's clearly my big clumsy fingers
>which get bigger and clumsier as I try to type faster, still, I'm wondering if there is a
>solution. Here's what happens,
>
>I'm typing along (using Warp 4, fixpack 7 in a pm or vio os/2 program, or in a dos box)
>and hit the trackpoint stick (aka eraser head) and a key or two at the same time, and
I'm
>locked up with beeping keys, in all programs, and on the desktop. The pointer still
>works so I can close everything down, but even a CAD won't work because all the
keys
>will do is beep. So I have to physically turn the computer off to clear the problem.
>
>I can replicate the problem by typing fast and bumping the trackpoint stick.
>
>Any ideas about what to do about this, besides slowing down or getting new fingers?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Thom.
>
>
> Thom Parkhill
> Department of
> Religious Studies
> St. Thomas Unversity
> Fredericton, N.B. Canada
>
> until July, 1999: parkhill_at_cypronet.net
> after July, 1999: parkhill_at_stthomasu.ca
>
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Victor Kress
Geological Sciences
Box 351310
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
98195-1310
(206)616-8512
kress_at_u.washington.edu
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