think you'll find that the computerborker/computer future started @ 92-93.
At the time i had quite a bit of dealings with the owner (dam forgotten his
name!!!) and his wife (she's nice person).
Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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Sent: Monday, 21 March 2005 10:36 p.m.
To: clug
Subject: Re: PC Sellers WAS Duelling Mice was Re: Howl!!! Urgent advice
needed on Wireless Keyboards for Linux
On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 17:09 +1200, John Carter wrote:
> First notable is ComputerFuture and ComputerBroker
On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 17:09 +1200, John Carter wrote:
> First notable is ComputerFuture and ComputerBroker seems to have
> merged.
IIRC the Computer Broker started in his garage in Westmoreland, I bought
RAM from him for a 486, when the 486 was not too old. [1]
He then moved into town and started
Ah well, I went down to washington ave to see what they had in the way of
wireless keyboards.
First notable is ComputerFuture and ComputerBroker seems to have merged.
They had a Genius keyboard mouse combo ($89) that looked good, had
rechargeable batteries and charger, and unfortunately defeated
> Taking money for the effect of a shell single liner is imho somewhat less
> than
> 'lily white and pureo'
Absolutely. US$50 for the 'blows and $DEITY knows what for the Linux
version, what a ripoff.
This would be a really good little programming exercise for starting out
in python. Hmm, I'm t
> I'm impressed they have a linux version!
Taking money for the effect of a shell single liner is imho somewhat less than
'lily white and pureo'
try running:-
while true; do sleep 900; xmessage -center -timeout 60 "Time to have a little
rest"; done &
That will produce a popup which lasts a min
> >Try http://workpace.com (made in Christchurch) I recommend it.
>
> I'm impressed they have a linux version!
... and it's "considerably more expensive", though their stupid website
refuses to tell me how much.
Do you really need this? Some years ago I hacked up something equivalent
in a coup
bject: Re: Howl!!! Urgent advice needed on Wireless Keyboards for Linux
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, dave wrote:
>
> > i've got an old ihug wireless keyboard/set-top box at home here if you
want
> > it .
>
> That sounds interesting, is it still available? Why is it unus
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, dave wrote:
i've got an old ihug wireless keyboard/set-top box at home here if you want
it .
That sounds interesting, is it still available? Why is it unused?
(Sorry for the late response, I was off last week and keeping as far away
from computers as possible)
John Carter
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote:
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:16, John Carter wrote:
My shoulder hurts like mad I can hardly type! So I'm looking for a
wireless keyboard / mouse pair (for Linux) to give me a bit more freedom
of movement.
Get a mini keyboard that has no number pad etc. -
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:16, John Carter wrote:
> My shoulder hurts like mad I can hardly type! So I'm looking for a
> wireless keyboard / mouse pair (for Linux) to give me a bit more freedom
> of movement.
>
> Any suggestions?
Hi John,
I got my first episode of OOS while working at Tait doing a l
I'd be interested in doing a trade if your offer is not taken up thanks
Dave.
Lance
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From: "dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Howl!!! Urgent advice needed on Wireless Keyboards for Linux
>
i've got an old ihug wireless keyboard/set-top box at home here if you want
it .
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:16, John Carter wrote:
> My shoulder hurts like mad I can hardly type! So I'm looking for a
> wireless keyboard / mouse pair (for Linux) to give me a bit more freedom
> of movement.
>
> Any su
On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 16:08 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> Go to your Dr. and get a scrip for some prescription strength Diclofenac
> Sodium. ( Voltarin or Flameril ) You can get the weak dose over the counter,
> but it's not much cop if you're in absolute agony.
And after you've taken ca
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:10, John Carter wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > Go to your Dr. and get a scrip for some prescription strength Diclofenac
> > Sodium. ( Voltarin or Flameril )
>
> Just done so.
>
> > http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/order/catalogue/pdf/vdu-ac.pdf
>
> Hmm
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Go to your Dr. and get a scrip for some prescription strength Diclofenac
Sodium. ( Voltarin or Flameril )
Just done so.
http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/order/catalogue/pdf/vdu-ac.pdf
Hmm. Basically I'm all in compliance with that.
I think the basic problem
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, C. Falconer wrote:
You should probably be looking more at your chair and desk, and how the
computer is laid out on the desk rather than how the keyboard/mouse plug in.
Are the keyboard/mouse cables the cause of the pain?
The fact that the mouse cable is in a tangle of several U
Being one who sits at a computer 8 hours a day at work, then several
hours at home most days for some years now, I've had my share of
"discomfort" (though not severe so far). A few years ago i had a
workplace assessment done by a trained [forgotten what she was
exactly]. The key thing was for
Hi,
having "been around" computers for a while, I have seen all sorts of
advice on joint pain and computers.
Perhaps the most helpful bit of advice I have found is to change the
position of your hands, while waiting on something.
For example, you click on a web page. While waiting on the updat
ybe you had an
older model?
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 March 2005 4:08 p.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Howl!!! Urgent advice needed on Wireless Keyboards for Linux
All wireless keyboards and mice gobble up
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:16, John Carter wrote:
> My shoulder hurts like mad I can hardly type! So I'm looking for a
> wireless keyboard / mouse pair (for Linux) to give me a bit more freedom
> of movement.
>
> Any suggestions?
Go to your Dr. and get a scrip for some prescription strength Diclofenac
My undertsanding was that these devices have a receiver that plugs into
the computer (ps/2 or USB) and exactly replicates a wired keyboard &
mouse.
If I am right, then no drivers, other than the normal keyboard and mouse
driver, should be needed.
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:16:24 +1300 (NZDT)
John C
John,
I have a Genius Wireless Twin Touch Optical Value keyboard and mouse
running on SuSe 9.1. It was plug and play. The receiver has a battery
charger and it comes with six NiMH batteries. I got it from Corporate
Consumables for $80 I think it was.
Cheers,
Chris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was ru
You should probably be looking more at your chair and desk, and how the
computer is laid out on the desk rather than how the keyboard/mouse plug in.
Are the keyboard/mouse cables the cause of the pain?
-Original Message-
From: John Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 Mar
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