does the qwerty keyboard even need a 1 hand mode? i use a qwerty bboth at work and home 1 handed and it is just the basic keyboard. i don't think they are needed mostly at least i've been able to get away with out one so far. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] How could this have happened?
> Hi, But why would one handed mode only turn off the home row of keys? > Even in one handed mode, you would have to use those letters. > At 4/14/2004, you wrote: > > >Perhaps our unit got set on one handed mode. This has happened to > >folks, and I don't know why, but somehow the one handed mode comes on. > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul > >Henrichsen > >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:39 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Braillenote] How could this have happened? > > > >Hi, everyone. This is so bizarre, you won't believe it, but if you have > >ever seen this, I sure could use some suggestions. > >I couldn't get active sync to work last evening. My systems disk had > >some > >files in it that made it down to 6 mb instead of 7 where it usually is. > >I > >decided to do a hard reset with j k l. I held down the keys and pressed > >reset. I let up on the keys as soon as it started talking adgain and > >reset > >the date and time wehn prompted. > >Still, active cync wouldn't work. I decided to do a soft reset with s d > >f. > >Active sync then worked. > >However, somewhere between the hard reset, It could have happened here, > >or > >the soft reset, every key on the home row from a to the semicolon and > >the > >left shift key no longer responded. Every other key on the keyboard > >works > >just fine, just not those eight keys. > >I have done hard and soft resets before without incident. Why this time, > > > >would the bn fry eight keys on the home row? > >The tech person figured it was a hardware issue and needed repair. He > >said > >he always presses reset first then holds down the keys. Guess I will try > > > >that next time, but now, I am afraid to ever do another reset<grin>. > >So, it cost me $66 to send in my unit insured to get this repaired. > >I just can't figure out what could have happened to screw up this > >keyboard. > >You'd think with the cost of these things there would be better > >cirrcuitry > >to ensure against power spikes or better keyboards so that holding down > >three keys while pressing reset wouldn't gry the entire row. > >The tech person thought the keyboard might have been ready to go out, > >but > >after only four months? I get less problems with a 20 dollar keyboard. > >And the keyboard worked just fine until I did the reset. I figure it has > >to > >be a voltage thing. > >But, still it is pretty disappointing. I have been using my desktop > >keyboard for two years or more. My daughter has a 1500 dollar laptop > >that > >she has had for over a year and neither keyboard has gone out. > >What could have caused this and how can it be prevented in the future > >because I will most surely have to do another hard or soft reset at some > >time? > >Thanks. > >Paul Henrichsen > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ><home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > Paul Henrichsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
