Re: help needed

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Tom,

You make reference to a macro program. Have you tried disabling it? 
(The fact that everything is okay outside of XyWrite does not mean that
the macro program isn't the problem.)

BTW, I use Autohotkey, which is incomparably better than any of the half
dozen or so others that I've tried. It has a full programming language
(based on AutoIt), and I have over 1,000 lines of code for it.

--Harry
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> thanks much for the suggestions and for sending a new copy of xywrite,
> which I installed successfully.
>
> my system works better now, not crashing and freezing, but the keyboard
> remains squirrelly.
>
>
> 1. left control key remains functioning like caps lock; right control key
> nada’for example, when I hit control q, to which I’ve assigned a simple
> macro, it says ’no macro assigned’
>
> 2. however when I hit the alt keys, the macro executes, even though it’s
> not assigned in the alt keyboard table
>
> 3. I’ve tried loading several versions of the keyboard files; also
> plugging in four different keyboards, all avant stellars or omnikeys, and
> same situation.
>  when I ran startup.int with no ldkbd command at all, same thing and
> the computer froze up after I hit my left ctrl (caps lock) key.
>
> 4. AND, my row of sf keys, all with macros in the shift table, won’t work
> unless I physically hit the shift key’otherwise they just act like the f
> keys’
>
> I do have some avant software that lets you reprogram avant stellar
> keyboards, but the keyboards I have, from bob tibbets, a refurbisher, all
> have their chip removed’tibbets doesn’t like those chips. so I don’t
> think that’s an option even if I could figure it out.
>
> and for a long time, years, these keyboards have worked in shifted (sf
> keys) form, i.e. just hit the sf key to do the assigned macros, no need
> to use the shift key.
>
> so I don’t think it’s xywrite now; don’t think it’s the keyboard (s);
> don’t think it’s the keyboard files.  is it vista, through which I
> boot up xywrite?  it seems a little odd, saying it’s an illegitimate
> copy even though it wasn’t; but it ultimately lets me boot up
> xywrite.
>
> I did plug in one old keyboard that doesn’t even have sf keys, and it
> still exhibited the screwy caps/ctrl/alt key problem.
>
> I do see, when xy is loading, something that says ’keyboard can’t accept
> new repeat rate’ or something like that.  I’ve tried loading without
> settings.dfl file in startup.int, and that stops that message, but
> doesn’t resolve the other problems. repeat rate in settings.dfl is on a
> very standard setting.
>
> good news, thanks guys, is I can manage the way it is now; bad news is
> longterm when you write for a living, even a 90 something per cent
> functional setup gets pretty annoying.
>
> appreciate any further suggestions; and oh, the keyboards do plug in via
> a pin/usb converter; but the one keyboard I tried plugged usb direct’and
> had the same problems.
>
> I’ve got access to a university tech guy who can probably replace the
> vista with xp or vista (get one from ebay I guess??).  is that the
> next logical step??
>
> anybody know of an avant stellar keyboard with a chip that’s for
> sale?
>
> tom