A types as W

E types as Z

I types as P

S types as Y

U types as Q

3 types as quotation mark

7 types as 1

8 types as 0

Dash types as 2

STOP types as hashtag

Spacebar types as H

Line feed types as L

Now I was sleuthing the bit codes for all those keys and from what I see, the common denominator is bit 5.

On those keys, a bit 5 SPACE is being turned into a MARK.  On other characters where bit 5 is *supposed* to be a Mark, they are typing fine.

AND... it's not doing it on ALL the keys where switching bit5 from S to M would change the character.  For example, typing C does not change to V.

I can also see that these affected characters happen to lie in the center four columns on each side of the typebox (middle four for the FIGS section, & middle four for the LTRS section.)

The bit 5 code bar is NOT stuck. I can see it freely running back & forth between M & S.

So the question is: what could be causing a MARK to be sent on bit 5 in cases where it should be a SPACE?

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions appreciated 

73s

Mike

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