Re: IIE Keyboard Repeating

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article jthielen@VNET.IBM.COM (James A. Thielen - Schaumburg, Il.) writes...
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>This is not a simple case of sticky keys. When the computer is booted is
>starts off by issueing continious RETURNS then when I do a reset it issues the
>letter 1 continously. This goes on until another key is pressed, then that 
>key is issued until another is pressed.

	Disconnect the floppy drives (make sure to power-down first) and
remove all internal slot cards. Now, with nothing connected but the monitor,
turn on the computer. Does the 'RETURN' key still auto-repeat? Is it *always*
the 'RETURN' key that's being held down at cold boot? (ie, you see a continious
bunch of square bracket prompts "]" going down the screen). 

	You may want to try pressing down on the keyboard connector (connector 
socket where ribbon cable leading from keyboard is inserted -- locate B-14 on 
motherboard). I also suggest you try removing the RETURN keycap and prying
at the side tabs of the key-spring box.

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca