There is only one other thing I can think of, and this is speculation
(untill I get home and have a look at my newton keyboard).
If one of the two shift keys got a bit of grit or something into the
mechanism, that resulted in the key showing up as 'always depressed', then
maybe the circuitry would then ignore the shift function.
I have seen this kind of behavior in another electronic device; if keys were
'pressed' when it was plugged in, things would behave strangely.
It's a 'long shot' but the only other thing I can think of to explain both
keys failing simultaneously. It is a very strange situation to be sure,
having both shift keys die at once, yet the caps-lock still functioning.
-Stephanie
> No - the keyboard stays in my Newton briefcase and never leaves. I hope it
> is sufficiently padded to survive trips from the car to beside the desk.
>
> To my knowledge it has never been dropped nor has anything been dropped on it.
>
> I just don't know what to look for...
>
> Thanks,
> Perry
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