Everhart, Glenn (FUSA)
From:	Fred Kleinsorge [kleinsorge@star.enet.dec_nospam.com]
Sent:	Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:33 AM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: Key auto-repeat on Alphastation
Chris Sharman wrote:
> 
> Anyone know what controls key auto-repeat speed on an Alphastation ?
> I've found where to turn it on/off, but no mention of speed.
> I upgraded Open3D from 4.7 to 4.9 before I went on holiday, and since I
> got back I've
> been making ridiculous numbers of typos (due to autorepeat triggering
> too
> fast for me). Have I got old overnight, or did something change, and how
> can
> I slow it down again ?
> 
> Environment: Alpastation 255/233, VMS 7.1, DECW Motif 1.2-4, Open3D 4.9.
> Affected: DECterm, LSE, netscape; nothing unaffected that I've noticed.
> 

  There is a bug in the Open3D device driver SYS$GCYDRIVER.EXE that
causes this.  There will be a fix in the Open3D 4.9a kit that will be on
the next CONDIST.  And we will have a general graphics patch kit in the
next couple weeks.  If you need it sooner, contact your support center. 
Or you can go to the V4.7 O3D kit and locate/extract the old driver.

 For those with 433au that see the problem, you need to also have a
patch kit for the CPU routines (something like ALPCPU1E03_071 which
fixes a race condition in the PALcode that dispatches interrupts. 
People with both O3D V4.9 *and* a 433au - the autorepeat rate is
unbelievably fast.