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- From: jamie@jamie.interpath.net (Jim Cooper)
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- Subject: Re: everything falls apart!!
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 17:04:21 GMT
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- In article <DKs93C.379@pgh.nauticom.net> callas@pgh.nauticom.net (I'm pink therefore I'm SPAM) writes:
- > KEYBOARDS!! am i just hard on them or does amiga make crappy keyboads?
-
- I'm currently using the same keyboard that came with my A3000 almost 6 years
- ago now...
-
- > First keyboard the keys were shot...no hope... so i got a used one from a
- > friend which she never used, it was working nicely for about 6 months..
- > now all the sudden- nothing...unless i pull the cord on the back of the
- > keyboard upward. it's like it has a short in the wire... now, i try to be
- > careful putting up my keyboard when done..but jeeze.. now, can i get it
- > fixed or are they going to tell me- "sorry ...$100.00 for new one is what
- > you need" ..we are such a throwaway society. i'm using the keyboard now
- > but it will stop once and awhile and make me have to play with the cord
- > in the back..
-
- Actually, it sounds more like one of the keyboard wires is broken. A couple
- of minutes with a soldering iron, and it would probably be as good as new.
-
- > NOW, something else happened at the same time the keyboard started acting
- > up.. (by the way i have a amiga 2000hd) when turning it on, right before
- > it brings up the icons, it says... BATTERY BACKED UP CLOCK NOT FOUND (it
- > also says something about cli2) now at first i thought that had something
- > to do with my keyboard,
- > nothing would happen when i typed..but after playing with the cord it
- > looks as if it's a short... sorry, i'm rambling... the questions are
- > these.. 1) can keyboards be fixed, as in new cords but in?
-
- Yes, easily.
-
- > 2) what does that mean when the screen reads-BATTERY BACKED
- > UP CLOCK NOT FOUND? Do i need this battery? can i get one, bring home and
- > pop it right in? or does it need welded on?? and whats a fair price to
- > pay for this??
-
- It probably just means your clock needs to be reset. Try
-
- setclock reset
-
- Then set the correct time with
-
- date ...
- setclock save
-
- And that message will probably go away. Most of the time that message is
- caused by the clock getting "stomped on" by a runaway program, and a reset
- then save gets it back to normal.
-
- --
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