Famed OS/2 Stability (Was: keyboard lockup)

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From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Sun Jan 03 1999 - 21:03:20 EST

At 09:36 AM 1/3/99 +0200, you wrote:
>I'm experiencing frequent lockups of my keyboard.

>I'm typing along (using Warp 4, fixpack 7 in a pm or vio os/2 program, or in
>a dos box)
>and hit the trackpoint stick (aka eraser head) and a key or two at the same
>time, and I'm
>locked up with beeping keys, in all programs, and on the desktop. The
>pointer still
>works so I can close everything down, but even a CAD won't work because all
>the keys
>will do is beep. So I have to physically turn the computer off to clear the
>problem.
>
>I can replicate the problem by typing fast and bumping the trackpoint stick.
>
>Any ideas about what to do about this, besides slowing down or getting new
>fingers?

        <Grin!> Pardon my gloating, but this is the famed, ultra-stable, OS/2
Operating System that can't handle a simple keyboard trap?

- Randy

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