[Virtualacorn-list] Enter key not functioning

[Michael Chappell]

In article <gemini.k8ziwb00pwctr023o at wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid>, Jeremy
Nicoll - virtualacorn <jn.ml.vac.83 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> Chris Newman <cvjazz at waitrose.com> wrote:

> > The enter key has suddenly ceased to function properly. In a text
> > editor or word processor it is very reluctant to give me a new line. If
> > I press it 4 or 5 times or hold it down, it might condescend to do the
> > job.

> I've found that Enter keypresses (and indeed mouse-clicks sometimes) need
> to be made, umm, firmly and definitely.  That is, they need to be held
> down for a little longer than one would do under either native Windows or
> native RO. It makes double-clicking harder to do because one has to slow
> down the first click to make sure it is noticed. 

> I've assumed/guessed that what happens is that when the emulator gets cpu
> time it doesn't look for keypresses immediately - maybe it's busy doing
> something else, or maybe a windows keyboard buffer gets flushed before it
> starts looking. 

I've never noticed that on my VRPC.

Michael