Performa 6360 flaky keyboard behavior

I've been helping my church sort out some donated computers for our yard sale, and have come across the following problem...
I plug a known good keyboard & mouse (work fine on a PowerPC 6400) into a Performa 6360...
The performa powers up using the keyboard, will also do a force quit and regular power down.....but the mouse does not work, and none of the typical keyboard shortcuts either (tab through icons, etc.)...
I was able to boot to the restore CD, but unable to move the highlight to it and use it....
Weird.....only thing I can think of is that someone mapped some off the wall new shortcuts, since the power & a few other keys work, and the keyboard & mouse check out fine on another machine....any suggestions?

I don't know whether or not your background is more PC-oriented, but I should have mentioned that ADB devices shouldn't be connected/disconnected while the Mac is ON. Though I've never done so to confirm it, hot-plugging can damage the device and/or bus.
If the mouse problem were caused by badly-corrupted PRAM, pulling the battery likely cleared it. It's possible that the first keyboard may not be damaged, however if it causes the same quirk again on the 6360 or a different Mac, I'd discard it. As for the system battery, it's drained each time the unit is disconnected from A/C power. If the computer were sitting in storage for a while, the battery may have little reserve power left in it. Does the computer retain the correct date/time after being shut down and unplugged? If not, check the battery with a voltmeter. A new/good one should measure 4.5 volts. If it's significantly less (3.5 volts), it ought to be replaced. Those Rayovac 870/871 alkaline batteries can be found online for about $7. Because they're alkaline-based, they'll eventually leak and damage the motherboard, if left in the computer after being fully-discharged.

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