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Re: two part Q
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Smith)
Sun Nov 8 20:29:02 1998
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 20:26:24 -0500
From: Fred Smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
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In-Reply-To: <3646269A.7A437098@acadia.net>; from Brett Jones on Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 06:17:46PM -0500
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On Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 06:17:46PM -0500, Brett Jones wrote:
> 1. does the RH 5.2 upgrade just compare rpm database on the hdd to the
> available rpms on the cd, to decide what to replace?
>
> 2. I've picked up a old but cheap Compaq 4/25 laptop. It's running RH
> 5.0 very well, but the keyboard is very sticky. Anyone have any tips for
> cleaning the keyboard, or making the keys smoother?
You say "sticky". Does this mean they are gooey with spilled gunk, or
does it mean they are "sticking", i.e., jamming, i.e., not moving freely
when struck for (possibly) some other reason? some keyboards (and I've
seen this on ancient Compaq keyboards) just don't seem to be made right.
I don't know if it's clearances/tolerances, inappropriate materials, or
what, but on some keyboards the keys just won't move smoothly. The only
solution for one of those keyboards is a sledge hammer and a replacement
good quality keyboard (not another one of those cheap $9.95 keyboards so
common even on brand-name systems, not to mention the cheap clones). If
that is the case, here's a couple of URLs for places that claim to have
good ones. The first points to information from a company that claims to
be making the equivalent of the old Northgate omnikey keyboards:
http://www.gprep.org/~fhalden/favorite.htm
and the second is for the company that took over IBM's keyboard
division. They claim their keyboards are just like the old clicky
IBM keyboards:
www.pckeyboard.com
Fred
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