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Date:      06 Jul 1999 11:31:05 -0400
From:      Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
To:        "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>
Cc:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD is painfully slow on my 486
Message-ID:  <87iu7xhk1y.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
In-Reply-To: "Richard E. Hawkins"'s message of "Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:45:57 -0500"
References:  <199907061445.JAA04851@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>

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"Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu> writes:

> > Well, the saddest thing is that the computer died yesterday (won't
> > boot saying there's "Keyboard controller error", and sarcastically
> > offering me to "Press F1 to continue"). All that trying to get it work 
> > fast got wasted in the end. :^(

Well, I can't get into BIOS settings, since pressing DEL has no
effect. That's what I meant by "sarcastically offering Press F1" when
there's keyboard interface error. ;^|

> Check the bios again.  Some can defeat this check.  (I wish I could do 
> this on my thinkpad.  The keyboard's never been the same since one of 
> my babies kicked my beer while all three were on my lap . . . and my 
> wife thought I was nuts hanging it over the sink so the keyboard could 
> float [note: distilled water would have been better]

LOL ;^)

-- 
Arcady Genkin
"... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate
of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)


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