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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- 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: <9212241845.23@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Organization: Mallard Independent Mail and News, Leeds, UK
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 15:15:46 +0000
- Message-ID: <725296546snz@mallard.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <9212241845.23@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP writes:
-
- >In article <725222948snz@mallard.demon.co.uk> mike@mallard.demon.co.uk writes:
- >
- >>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).
- >
- >The problem is in the keyboard. Coherent uses alternate keycode set 3 for
- >the virtual consoles. Cheap keyboards often neglect to include this set.
- >
- >I have a Northgate Omnikey/101 keyboard which works just fine. It cost
- >$95 with tax. You get what you pay for.
-
- In this case, why does my father's 386sx25 run Coherent with
- virtual consoles, but his keyboard on my machine doesn't? Surely
- the problem cannot then be with the keyboard. Similarly, the new
- keyboard on my machine works OK on my father's machine with vc's
- but not on mine.
-
- Regards,
-
- Mike
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