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- From: mike@mallard.demon.co.uk (Mike Zanker)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!mallard.demon.co.uk!mike
- Subject: Re: Cheap keyboard?
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- References: <1992Dec23.233912.8851@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:49:08 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec23.233912.8851@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> schwaigr@news.weeg.uiowa.edu writes:
-
- >I have observed a similar problem with the keyset, which curiously
- >enough is on a 40 MHz 386 system. The very same keyboard works fine
- >on my 33 MHz 486 system, and the 386 system (and the keyboard) work
- >fine in every other respect for DOS applications.
- >
- >Not sure where the problem is, although I have speculated that it
- >may be in the BIOS.
-
- You're right - I've just tried the other keyboard with my new
- machine and it makes no difference. I guess it must be BIOS,
- although the other machine has an AMI BIOS too. My new machine's
- BIOS is also AMI, but slightly more recent (and no "advanced
- chipset setup" options).
-
- Regards,
-
- Mike
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