#Northgate Keyboard
Ed,
I run with dipswitches 1 and 4 down, the rest up. The only other thing
I do different is that I use a custom keymap, written by myself, which
enables the extrakeys to send Emacs key sequences, but that shouldn't make
a difference in your case. Even with the default keymap, it should at
least read the normal keys.
One thing you might try is to disassemble the keyboard and make sure
that there is no dust, cat hairs, or other gunk in there. Also press down
on each chip to make sure that it is firmly seated. I did have one pop
out all on its lonesome here, which created similiar symptoms.
I hope this helps. To paraphrase a line: "You'll pry this keyboard
out of my cold, dead fingers." <BG>