I wouldn't no a good key board fromthe worst on this green earth. I drowned a board in fruit jiuice a couple of months ago. I went to a local computer shop and got a new one for 9.99 plus tax. I can't imagine paying 10.00 for shipping a keyboard. But I'm not a choosy kind of guy. This 10.00 model works fine – 'cept it seems to mis-spell like the old one. I was hoping to avoid that.
……………. there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worthwhile doing as simply messing about in boats.
I wouldn't no a good key board fromthe worst on this green earth. I drowned a board in fruit jiuice a couple of months ago. I went to a local computer shop and got a new one for 9.99 plus tax. I can't imagine paying 10.00 for shipping a keyboard. But I'm not a choosy kind of guy. This 10.00 model works fine – 'cept it seems to mis-spell like the old one. I was hoping to avoid that.
Graham, there are now new keyboards that are liquid-proof. They only cost about $5 more. Evidently, spilling stuff on your keyboard is the #1 problem. Not such a biggie with detached models but in the old Apple days when the keyboard was integrated into the machine it was a disaster…could totally trash the whole computer. I had a programmer pal who spilled a whole bowl of "Crunch-Berry-Smurf" cereal with milk on his Apple II+. Killed it permanently. Only surprise there was that it wasn't BEER.
SWpeaking of ketboards, my computer had a little joke for me this morning. No – not a funny email – some real humor from the computer itself.
I turned it on this AM, and while it was doing it's "Calesthenics" it came to a halt
" Keyboard error – no keyboard present" Then it said "press f1 to continue f2 to enter set-up
Gullible old me, pressed f1. Got me!! I pressed f1 on a keyboard that the computer had already told me was not there. We had a little laugh together, at my expence, and then I turned the goddamned thing off. On the third try it opened. I did not press f1 on the second try. I turned it off and back on.
Can't fool me more than once with little tricks like that, Fool me once……………………………
……………. there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worthwhile doing as simply messing about in boats.
SWpeaking of ketboards, my computer had a little joke for me this morning. No – not a funny email – some real humor from the computer itself.
I turned it on this AM, and while it was doing it's "Calesthenics" it came to a halt
" Keyboard error – no keyboard present" Then it said "press f1 to continue f2 to enter set-up
Well, boopsie, you get what you PAY for. Sounds like you're having a crappy $10 keyboard problem. Spend a few bucks more on the next one and maybe it will be more reliable. This is probably not the last problem you'll have with this clunker.
It's workin' fine now. Should the problem arisae again I know what to do. Thrifty people don't worry about little problems like this. Look at the frickin' money we save!!! That's what's important.
……………. there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worthwhile doing as simply messing about in boats.
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