Date   : Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:40:33 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <jasper@...>
Subject: Another Weird Hardware problem.

In article <m0yIeV8-000DJoC@...>, Steve Fewell
<stevef@...> writes

>Every so often I get a strange problem with it. On switch-on the cassette
>filing system is loaded as the default filing system, instead of DFS. The
>key-presses become a little bit 'sticky', but more seriously the keys
>[Shift] and [Ctrl] only function 10% of the time, for the rest of the time,

Yes, I saw this every day fixing Beebs and Masters for educational
establishments.  You have a key sticking down, which causes DFS to
disable itself at boot-up, and also stops Shift and Ctrl working as
expected.

Best cure is to take the keyboard out of the machine, pull off all the
keycaps and give it a good going over with a dry paintbrush, then
reassemble.


-- 
Mike Tomlinson
+++  Divide by cucumber error.
     Please reinstall universe and reboot  +++