Re: Damned BIOS

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Damned BIOS
Date	2014-09-03 12:15 +1000
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On 2/09/2014 10:06 PM, Rich wrote:
> Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
>> On 2/09/2014 6:06 PM, Rich wrote:
>>> Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
>>>> When I say boot from device X, I mean do that. If it won't work,
>>>> say so.  I don't mean "Have a fair go at X, and if it won't work,
>>>> then see if you can find some other OS lying around and boot that
>>>> instead."
>>>
>>> Keep in mind, the code about which you complain is from the same
>>> authors who created this error message from years ago:
>>>
>>>     Keyboard not found - press F1 key to continue
>>>
>>> http://www.jobless-jack.com/2013/07/da-fuck-o-keyboard-not-found.html
>>>
>>> Such stupidity does not inspire confidence in their ability to
>>> determine even a mildly good way to do things,
>
>> It did rather encourage hot-plugging the keyboard, which you weren't
>> strictly speaking meant to do (though I've done it many many times.
>> Ditto monitors and non-USB mouses).
>
> True, although hot plugging a vga cable was never as problematic as
> hotplugging a ps2 keyboard or mouse could be.

As I understood it, the real issue was that it was theoretically 
possible to break something because there was no guarantee that voltage 
levels would alter in an acceptable order. In practice, I don't remember 
anything breaking as a result.

Software was not always up to the task of having a keyboard or mouse 
appear on the fly, but that was manageable.

Sylvia.

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Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-02 15:05 +1000
  Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 08:06 +0000
    Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-02 19:38 +1000
      Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 12:06 +0000
        Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:15 +1000
      Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-02 15:39 +0100
        Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:22 +1000
          Re: Damned BIOS Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-10 10:16 +0000
            Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-14 15:27 +1000
              Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-14 14:25 +0100
    Re: Damned BIOS RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-02 18:19 +0000
      Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 19:52 +0100
        Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 19:41 +0000
          Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 21:12 +0100
            Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 21:00 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 22:08 +0100
              Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:14 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 23:10 -0600
                Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-03 05:58 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:26 +0200
      Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:09 +0000
  Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-02 14:29 +0100
    Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:35 +0200
      Re: Damned BIOS Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-10 10:18 +0000
        Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-10 13:46 +0200
          Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-10 13:00 +0000
            Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-10 19:28 +0200
              Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-10 19:11 +0000
                Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:44 +0200
                Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-14 07:17 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:33 +0200
        Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-10 13:53 +0100
          Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:30 +0200

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