Apurdue.188 fa.info-terms utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!purdue!cak Thu Feb 11 18:57:36 1982 Re: Reply to item from hp-labs Re: HP2621 annoying CAPS LOCK key -- Boy, you pushed one of my buttons. I hate this, and so many terminals have it (the VT100 is another one--along with all the brands that want to adopt it as a 'standard'). I developed a fix to the problem last summer; installed it on all the 2621s with great results. Find a piece of closed cell packing foam (typically found in terminal shipping boxes to space an inner boax from the outer) and cut a square with a square hole. Pop the caps lock key out, and place this piece of foam around the key; now when you replace the key cap, you should feel enough resistance to your pinky that you can't push it down; if you need to turn it on, you can mash the key with your thumb and get the desired effect. It may take you a couple of times to get the right thickness, but it's worth the effort. I have most recently applied this 'fix' to Bitgraphs which have the stupid VT100 keyboard (along with non repeating control chars -- really loses for EMACS). Chris Kent ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.