[Coco] Keyboard

[PaulH96636 at aol.com]

A few days ago my old laptop, Toshiba 730CDT (on topic, really...) seems to  
have had a
problem similar to yours, maybe not; here's what happened:
 
I hadn't used the computer in a few weeks; at the logon password, it  
automatically filled in
the password with asterisks; hitting [enter] resulted in 'invalid  password', 
then asked for
password;  keyboard entry didn't work properly; hitting [enter] again  
resulted in shutdown.
 
Repeated attempts to boot gave similar results, even using the reset  option.
 
The computer was stored in a room with no air conditioning - yep, I was  
thinking 'thermal
sensitivity'...    ambient temp was over 86F.    Two days later, evening 
outdoor temps dropped
from 94F  to 68F and the room cooled to about 75F.  When I tried  the 
computer the following
morning all boot problems had disappeared.
 
Perhaps if your coco is similarly thermally challenged...., then this  story 
could really be
called hot coco....   heh heh.  Maybe worth a try at  least.
 
-ph