Hi, Since I'm having almost no spare time these days, I'll have to do the various suggested tests little by little.
Tom: ---- > please try running ONLY HIMEM and MKEYB (or the other keyboard > driver), and see if the problem vanishes. I did a test *without* loading HIMEM, JEMM, KEYB/MKEYB, FDAPM or DPAKBD. I had to reduce processor speed, otherwise the text editor won't even run. Result: The problem did not appear. Then I tested with HIMEM and MKEYB as you said. Same result: problem did not appear. Now a few answers to questions from other people. Rugxulo: -------- > You mean (registered shareware) Vision Edit? (I searched my old > emails to try to remember about this.) Yes, that's the one. Probably the first shareware I ever bought :-) > If you have lots of bugged TP programs, it's maybe easier to > just run a simple TSR than patch every single one. The only ones I actually use are Vision Edit, JSpell and its companion program DictMan. I had never heard about these TSRs. I'll try them. > What kind of main computer is this? Presumably fairly modern > (and not old Pentium like you use at work)? That makes me also > think it could be a BIOS bug. Compatibility is getting harder > and harder. This is a First International motherboard with a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB memory. But I had already observed the exact same keyboard problem in older Pentiums -- 166 to 360 MHz. > P.S. The worst advice is "just don't use that program"! For the text editor it might actually be good advice. However, this keyboard problem can be dangerous if it manifests in a spreadsheet or database. Dennis: ------- > There are a number of editors that will run under FreeDOS. If > Marcos can tell us what he really wants in an editor, it might > be possible to suggest a replacement that won't have the > problems. Don't worry! As my work always involved massive amounts of writing, I have tried many, many editors over the years. The ones I use most these days are FTE, Aurora and TDE, in that order -- all of them very good. I'm fairly proficient at writing Aurora macros, which are super-powerful. They have gotten me out of trouble countless times. To me, Aurora is the best of them all. I also use SET Editor, though not so often. It uses TP and does not have the bug. All of these run faultlessly in FreeDOS, so I can easily live without Vision Editor. Regards, Marcos -------------------------------------- Marcos Fávero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
