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Hold Down Both Shift Keys And Type The Alphabet

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Using my MB keyp:-
ABCDFGHJKLMNPSVXZ

:confused:

Using an external USB Keyb:-
BCEGHIMNOPQRUVWXZ

:confused: :confused:
Alrite. You got me too.:eek:
 
I'll try this again eh?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Nope, still correct.

I don't know how to feel :confused:
 
ACDEGIJLNRSTUVWY

Same as Dell guy above (post 3 i think)

Im also on a dell. (im in work, leave me alone)
dell keybord also.

I am going to speculate that it has something to do with too many inputs along the same pathway!!! (is the problem only on desktops?)

(no i dont know what im talking about ;) )
 
displaced said:
With one shift key held down...

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

With both shift keys held down...

IAMTHEDEVOUREROFWORLDSCTHULUANDIAMHERETOEATYOURBRAINS!!!


:eek:

Strange.
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Very strange, worlds must be getting pretty thin on the ground if Cthulu is only after our brains. Poor bugger, he must be hungry.
 
I can't believe I just touched my nose to every key on a public library computer :mad: If I catch something you are responsible! (I'm now licking the mouse in case that is the antidote.)

PBG4 built-in: all keys work. With my old eMac keyboard:
ABCDFGHJKLMNSVXZ

Missing: E I OPQR TU W Y

Also, every non-alpha key works, except:
{ does not
And on the numpad: 456+ don't work. (The others do, but Shift of course changes nothing.)

Interesting. I remember the old "parallelogram problem" on Amiga, where it could register any 4 keys at once, UNLESS they were in parallelogram formation, in which case one would be missing.
 
skunk said:
Should we be worried?
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It'd probably explain why my MacBook Pro is so warm.

*shrug*

I suppose I'll just make sure I'm only holding one shift key at a time. Just to be on the safe side.

Chundles said:
Very strange, worlds must be getting pretty thin on the ground if Cthulu is only after our brains. Poor bugger, he must be hungry
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Well, I didn't hold the Command key down too. To be honest, I'm a little too scared to try.
 
There's a little bit of information about it here. Seems like Apple is leaving out a few diodes on their keyboards which is causing "masking" of certain key combinations.
 
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