[G4] Keyboard or typist?

[John Erdman]

> Is this what a failing keyboard might look like?
> Yes, it is one of the symptoms that a failing keyboard exhibits. Have 
> you any access to another USB board, even if it is from a PC? It 
> should work with your Mac even if it doesn't have the right markings 
> on the keys.

Ron-
	Thanks -   I  suspected as much, but I haven't seen any discussion of 
keyboards wearing out. Only what happens when you spill your favorite 
beverage on one.

> Another item to check is the key delay and repeat rate that you have 
> set in the keyboard preference setting. You may have the delay set to 
> an interval that is too short and the repeat rate set to a high speed 
> and holding the key for more than a NY second could be causing the 
> doubling.

	I wish I had access to a substitute I could swap in to test. I'd 
tossed  the original Apple keyboard a couple of years ago never 
thinking that *I* could actually make good use of it one day. 
Personally the only Apple keyboards I have found useful were the 
mechanical ones on the Apple II and Apple II+.
	Thanks for the  info on Mac vs PC keyboard. I was never sure what the 
difference was between the two.   I've played with the keyboard 
preferences before but to no beneficial effect. I figure that if that 
was the issue I'd be seeing repeats on at least one other key (besides 
the caps lock).

Guess I'm gonna start looking for a keyboard replacement.
Thanks,
John