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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: Northgate Omni/Plus Bounce Problem
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.195545.27143@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1991 19:55:45 GMT
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mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes:

>I solved my Northgate keybounce-then-fail-while-I'm-doing-a-hardware-upgrade
>problem by stomping it vigorously and hurling it with great force into
>the dumpster.  I could have been a little hasty; the silly thing was heavy
>enough to serve as a softball bat or self-defense tool.  You could kill an
>unsuspecting intruder with it.
*----
I solved my problem by calling the factory.  They sent out a replacement
controller board for do-it-yourself installation, though I could have sent
the keyset in if I had preferred.  This applies only to newer models, but
the fix was free in my case.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
