Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 05:11 pm, robin wrote: I find the etch-a-sketch reboot method works well enough. Sir Robin Hey Robin. That reminds me of my old Atari days. You could call Tech support for issues with the 520 and 1040ST and they would actually tell you to lift the computer up

[newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
I was just trying to be a nice guy this morning and gave my keyboard 1/2 a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar. Would you believe that not only did it not thank me, but it began cursing at me in some foreign language cause I could not understand a word it wrote. It just don't pay to be nice to

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:14 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: I was just trying to be a nice guy this morning and gave my keyboard 1/2 a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar. Would you believe that not only did it not thank me, but it began cursing at me in some foreign language cause I could

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 1:19 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:14 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: I was just trying to be a nice guy this morning and gave my keyboard 1/2 a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar. Would you believe that not only did it not thank me, but it

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and short wash. I never tried it. Anne evil look on face I have a dishwasher here...do you suppose,

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 1:28 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and short wash. I never tried it. Anne

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:33 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Go on, then! - you will have the webcam set up won't you? g Anne Hehehehe, I might want to wait a bit - I'm using one of the older IBM model keyboards (clickety-clack!). Weighs about 5 pounds by itself. Methinks that could become a

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread et
On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and short wash. I never tried it.

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread et
On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:39 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:33 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Go on, then! - you will have the webcam set up won't you? g Anne Hehehehe, I might want to wait a bit - I'm using one of the older IBM model keyboards (clickety-clack!).

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 27 February 2003 17:38, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:53:12 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son in law spilt a cup of coffee of his keyboard. He told me he took it apart and washed in in clean cool water from the tap, and dried it out

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread civileme
On Thursday 27 February 2003 04:14 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: I was just trying to be a nice guy this morning and gave my keyboard 1/2 a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar. Would you believe that not only did it not thank me, but it began cursing at me in some foreign language cause I could

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread civileme
On Thursday 27 February 2003 04:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and short wash. I never tried it.

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:29 am, John Rye wrote: (although in my case I use the one the X still complains she never did find when she unpacked ;-{ ). Cheers John lol thats funny! --

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: speaking of keyboards... does anyone know if there are any manufactureres who still make keyboards with the characters embedded through the entire depth of the keypads ike the older models did? i'm getting tired of watching my

RE: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Sabin, Matthew
Title: RE: [newbie] Being a nice guy They're also good in a snow storm (shovel with one, or use two for snow-shoes) --Matthew (sorry my last post wasn't in plaintext) -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 4:45 PM

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread robin
civileme wrote: If you need to remove crumbs, then a small battery-powered vacuum works or if you pop off the keycaps and invert the board Just make sure the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner is smaller than a key. I find the etch-a-sketch reboot method works well enough. When cleaning the

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Linus Drouhard
I have a couple of the great old IBM keyboards that my brother in-law picked up for me for $5 apiece at a thrift shop. They had boxes of them. Linus On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 15:44, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: speaking of keyboards...

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread g
Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and short wash. I never tried it. not!!! best type of cleaner i have found, is are all purpose cleaner / degreaser. first juice is called

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Mark
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:14 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: I was just trying to be a nice guy this morning and gave my keyboard 1/2 a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar. Would you believe that not only did it not thank me, but it began

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Mark
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:33 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Go on, then! - you will have the webcam set up won't you? g Anne Hehehehe, I might want to wait a bit - I'm using one of the older IBM model keyboards (clickety-clack!). Weighs about

Re: [newbie] Being a nice guy

2003-02-27 Thread Mark
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, et wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: My introduction to diy pc hardware was a lecture in which we were advised to clean keyboards in a dishwasher - no heat, no detergent and