Re: Keyboard error
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.smurf.noris.de)
11 Aug 1997 09:48:17 +0200
torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) writes:
>
> Many multi-key-presses will create a "shadow key press" (so when you
> press three keys, the keyboard controller will actually think that
> you're pressing four keys, and I suspect that the keyboard controller
> just notices that two keys changed simulataneously and will consider
> this an error.
>
Note that this problem can be fixed by adding a diode in series with each
key switch (often they're already built into the keys themselves).
No more shadowing.
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Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH