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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!not-for-mail From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: kbdio problem (again) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:47:25 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 56 Message-ID: <tdocn5.t6.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> References: <a952n5.s85.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> <5n3cj8$dpq@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <dmp4n5.g92.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> <5n8oq8$20d@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: as5200-port-254.no.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test58 (13 May 97) Originator: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42579 In article <5n8oq8$20d@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk> wrote: >In article <dmp4n5.g92.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>, > conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes: >> I forgot to mention earlier: I'm a heavy smoker. The 'puter's in my >> bedroom, where I spend most of my time when I'm at home. Gunked up >> contacts, maybe? :-) > >I used to smoke, but managed to give up a while ago (tobacco >anyway :). Heh. :-) >I bought two keyboards a while ago, one for myself >and one for a friend. He's been through that and another >since then and I'm still using the original. It's my second >in about 6 years. He smokes a fair bit :| Yet Another Reason to quit smoking. :-) >He's now got an IBM keyboard. I think they'd stand up to >anything - including a bottle of Dr Pepper (that's gotta >be the worst thing *ever* to have come out of the States ! >The sugar crystalizes the caffine in your mouth before you >have time to swallow it ! I've never been able to finish >a whole can of it.). Yeah, it's got a bite, alright! Just thought I'd follow up to say I went and bought a new keyboard today, after disassembling the old one last night (it was *not* pretty; hairballs, nico-gunk, dust bunnies, the works), reconnecting it and *still* getting the same crap. In fact, it seemed even *worse* after I'd cleaned it. :-) Everything's fine now, though. Yay! Took your recommendation and bought a new IBM keyboard. Realized right after I left the store, though, that I'd forgotten to buy a dust cover for it. Damn! I *will* go back very soon and get one. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. I like the new keyboard. Has a much better feel than the old one, which was kind of a lightweight. I was tempted to buy the cool-looking black one, but it cost ten dollars more, and I couldn't see any difference other than the color, which seems a bit ridiculous to me. ><subliminal> >DR PEPPER DR PEPPER DR PEPPER DR PEPPER DR PEPPER DR PEPPER ></subliminal> Damn, why am I so thirsty all of a sudden? :-) -- Conrad Sabatier http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads