Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptop keyboard

2003-08-02 Thread George Perrine
Considering the rest of the thread, this might be off topic but try Rx Computers in Dover NH, Tel 603.742.0800 for the Latitude keyboard. They have lots of notebook parts. By the time I got to Ben's last post, I was really laughing. Great entertainment. I think I will change the GHNLUG to gnhlug la

Re: Filesystem overhead

2003-08-02 Thread bscott
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, at 8:35am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Very cool, that was revealing. Perhaps this discussion can evolve into how > journalling (e.g. ext3, etc.) works and why it is good/bad. Anybody? If a system crashes (software, hardware, power, whatever) in the middle of a write transact

Re: Mouse swapping on a laptop

2003-08-02 Thread bscott
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, at 2:34pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Remember the PS/2 port is not hot-swap safe. Most laptops have electronics specifically designed to handle hotswap for PS/2. I won't say "all", but I'd be surprised to find one that did not. What's going on here is that the two differ

Re: Mouse swapping on a laptop

2003-08-02 Thread Bill Mullen
Dan Coutu said: > My laptop has a touchpad mouse built-in and that works fine with my > mouse setting as a generic 2-button ps/2 mouse. I have a Logitech > wireless wheel mouse that I attach to it when working with it on the > desktop. I do use the touchpad when take the computer elsewhere, no > po