Wanted to share a funny story that just happened to me, since I'm sure it'll tickle some funny bones.
I finally got my Mac Classic back online, thanks to ipnetrouter and a Powerbook Duo. I pulled out a nice clicky ADB keyboard I picked up somewhere. Was chatting on IRC, and noticed I kept having "welcome datacomp" stuck in the input that I couldn't figure out where it came from. Strangest thing ever. On a whim, I googled the phrase, and found something crazy. Apparently, this particular model of keyboard has a practical joke buried in it where it randomly types that. Strangest thing ever http://www.xrl.us/beztz4 I haven't been able to reliably reproduce it, but it happens often enough to be mildly annoying. The keyboard is pretty close to pristine, so it appears it was never used much. I can see why ;) Makes me wonder how it ever got out of the door and past QA Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
