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Re: all but keyboard
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"Sanborn, John" <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:32:44 -0700
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That or for keyboard-less applications. i.e. Touch screens, display models,
demo, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Poffenberger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] all but keyboard


Roberto Safora <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Any reason for some bios motherboards to have as default stopping at
errors
> "ALL BUT KEYBOARD".
> Are they covering some faults?
> Roberto Safora

Probably just that it isn't uncommon to have something laying on the
keyboard
(we all just pile stuff on top eh?) at bootup, which would otherwise halt
the
POST step because it was holding down a key.


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