[techtalk] Speaking of wierd computer problems

[pete]

> press the backspace key for every character. same for the arrow keys. I
> haven't done a whole lot of testing, I don't know if it works similary for
> other characters. The computer dual boots windows, but I haven't booted into

If it does the same for all chars, I'd suspect that your keyboard
repeat/refresh/ rate is set to a bogus value (or is set to off). Its
usually 1 second or less. (BIOS setting).
 -Pete


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