Re: IIE: Keyboard doing "REPEAT" (FOLLOW-UP!)

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

Steve is your keyboard chip in a socket? If it is could it have "ridden up" via
repeated expansion and contraction? Leaving the cover off would cool the box
down thereby stopping the problem?
Try pressing the chip down GENTLY in its socket.

On 23 Aug 2001 21:30:26 GMT, stephen e buggie wrote:

> FOLLOW-UP MEMO AN HOUR LATER!
> =============================
>
> This is Buggie again, an hour later!
>
> I left the IIe running with the lid off for an hour, and guess what ----
> the "REPEATS have stopped! Can anyone advise me on what happened? I
> suppose that "All is well that ends well," but WHY did the keyboard do
> nonstop repeats on all keys?  I did not spill any liquid into it.
> That is my "flagship II" with ZIP acceleration, and I am very glad it is
> working again!
>
>
> Steve Buggie		buggie@unm.edu
>
> =====================================================================
>
> NOTE ---- Some wonder "where is Buggie?"  I am using Apple IIs every day,
> just as before: Flagship IIe, IIgs, and Platinum IIc Plus. What has
> happened to me in the last two years is that I have become more deeply
> involved in writing college textbook supplements and in my weekly radio
> show (reggae and African music). I still have about 25 bugg-power units
> for sale, for either IIgs or IIe.  Send me a reminder memo if you are
> waiting for any long-overdue items.
> 	My college disconnecetd my UNIX call-in e-mail line but they gave
> me a Power Mac  7100/66 for use in my college office. (For the first time
> in 6 years here, I have e-mail now at the office. Steve Buggie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> stephen e buggie (buggie@aix05.unm.edu) wrote:
>: Dear A2 readers,
>
>: HELP! Most of my teaching files are on my IIe, and a strange problem
>: started just since yesterday.
>
>: Configuration: Enganced IIe, platinum keyboard, 8 MHz ZIP chop, SCSI card
>: with 40 meg hard drive, mouse, two 3.5 platinum drives (Laser UDC card),
>: two 5.25 floppies.
>
>: Never had this problem before.  The checkerboard self-test says SYSTEM
>: OKAY.
>
>: On all software, it seems like keys are stuck. It scrolls through menues,
>: and does "repeat" of all keys. If you hit an arrow key, it scrolls in the
>: direction specified by the arrow. It wont stop, and the computer
>: essentially, is now useless.
>
>: How can I troubleshoot this problem?  This is URGENT ---- many important
>: daily files are on this Apple IIE!  Thanks,
>
>: Steve Buggie
>: Gallup NM		buggie@unm.edu

-- 
... Of course it's grounded! ...watch, ...YEEEEEAAAAAAAARRGGHHH!!!!