Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Keyboard error | Date | 12 Aug 1997 00:31:41 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970811142239.1531A-100000@mabs.netdig.com.au> By author: Marcus Berglund <mabs@netdig.com.au> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Linus is on the right track here, basically some more expensive keyboards > can take upto 7 keypresses (or more) at once, I found this out on a > friends keyboard, two players on one computer/keyboard setup, and > generally on cheap keboards you can get away 3 keypresses before you get a > keyboard "lock", does anybody remember how DOS/BIOS complains: > <bleep><bleep><bleep><bleep>.... > > My keyboard does 6 keys bofore it stops sending anything (no errors, > about AUS$100) >
The annoying part of all of this is that this could easily be reduced to a non-issue if keyboard manufacturers would only put a diode in series with each keyswitch...
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