> From: e.p.boven@student.utwente.nl (Paul Boven)
> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 12:00:07 
> 
> Hi All,

[ "Unsupported keyboard type -1" error... ]

> I have lots of prolems with my keyboard too, not only when running X: I very
> often get "/netbsd: zs1b: fifo overrun" (or zs1a), or "mouse input parity or
> framing error, or this message for the keyboard. These messages sometimies
> just keep flooding the system, making it hard to shutdown and reboot
> from the ttya. And usualy rebooting, and even cycling the power, won't
> work, it just has to be waited out. :((
> 
> > One reason reset could fail is a bad cable. (input only?)
> 
> I suspected the cable for some time. But now I'm using another keyboard,
> and these problems still keep happening. Could the zs1a/ SCC be a bit worn
> out, maybe? Could anyone give me some hints please?

That does sound like a hardware problem.  Does it happen with SunOS?

I have not seen any of these keyboard problems.  (The machines with
keyboards are: 3/260 with type 3, 3/60 with type 3, 3/60 with type 4).

Gordon