12 Oct
2000
12 Oct
'00
9:47 a.m.
Tarsi,
It beats me. Have you tried the Compaq keyboard on another machine? That
might tell you if it's working. I've never used any of the Compaq 286
desktop machines so I don't know enough about them to know if they have any
pecularities. I have used Compaq AT-style keyboards (probably later models
though) on other machines with no problems so I'm know they were
compatible. I would think that all of the Compaq keyboards would be. It's
beginning to sound like you have a bad keyboard interface or character look
up ROM in the Compaq.
Joe
At 01:44 PM 10/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
I tried both an AT keyboard which I had in the house already (M$ or some
other stuff) and the AT keyboard that came with it. (also from my good
friends at Goodwill) Same result both places. Odd as heck. Almost the
exact same thing happened on a Tandy 1000 the other day, I figured I blew a
keyboard chip or something and parted the sucker out. Now I wonder if that
was actually the case or not.
Tarsi
210
That, or
when I plug in the keyboard (on the one machine), I get gibberish
on the screen...IE: none of the keys type the right thing. I hit Enter,
and I get an "S", etc.
That's strange. Yu might try a regular AT style keyboard on it.