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First post, by renejr902

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This keyboard is a Keytronic E03602
At the back it has a hole with a missing switch for
Xt / enchanced xt/at mode.

I tried 3 times in a row and at boot, it show keyboard error but work and wrote garbage character, probably because it was in at mode.

But the time third i tried it, i push a lot of keys at ramdom for 30 seconds just for fun, and after that like a miracle, everything work correctly like a xt 83 key keyboard. Even sysinfo detect a 83 keys keyboard.
I play with it for 1 hour. Every keys works great.
But after 1 hour i turn off the computer. I turn it on again but i cant get it to work in xt 83 key keyboard mode. I just tried for 45 minutes. Push keys at ramdom dont work anymore LoL!

Does this keyboard has a combo key to switch between xt and at ? Why did it work ? What i did to get this keyboard working in xt mode.

I want to use this keyboard in xt mode. But the keyboard has no switch. Check my pictures. Thanks a lot for help and answer.

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Reply 2 of 3, by snufkin

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Do you have another keyboard you can test with your computer, or another computer you can test with your keyboard? It'd be good to know if the problem is with the keyboard or computer. Could be lots of things at the moment, including just dirty/corroded connectors or an intermittent connection/break in the keyboard cable.

Reply 3 of 3, by renejr902

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snufkin wrote on 2021-09-24, 08:17:

Do you have another keyboard you can test with your computer, or another computer you can test with your keyboard? It'd be good to know if the problem is with the keyboard or computer. Could be lots of things at the moment, including just dirty/corroded connectors or an intermittent connection/break in the keyboard cable.

Yes this xt 8088 computer works great with my dtk xt keyboard. I will clean the connector. The keytronic keyboard work great on my 286 and 386 computer. Thanks