[IAEP] Alternate Characters

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Walter and All...

M-stock sort of stands for "mangled machine"!  This includes XOs with keys ripped off, cracked screens, screens that are half-black and that sort of thing.  Some of us "tinkerers" on the support-gang got some of these to see what we could do with them. I expect to get 8 working XO-1s from the 10 I received.  These will be used as a traveling lending library to go with my "Roadshow In A Box." Six are currently lent out, one in CA and 5 in MT.

Caryl

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> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:33:02 -0400
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Alternate Characters
> From: walter.bender at gmail.com
> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
> CC: support-gang at lists.laptop.org; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
> 
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Caryl Bigenho<cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am working on getting the M-stock machines I received working so that I
> > can check them out to folks when I do my "Roadshows."  I checked out one to
> > my Chinese teacher in CA. I wanted her 9-yr-old daughter to try it, but her
> > 3-yr-old son is monopolizing it and probably destroying it too :-(.  Five
> > more went to folks who came to my presentation at the Bozeman MT LUG  last
> > week.  I could have checked out more, but so far that is all I have working
> > at this time.
> > One I still have to fix has a strange problem.  It seems simple, but I don't
> > know what to try.  I have already reflashed the machine and updated the
> > software to 802. It will only write in the alternate characters shown on
> > some of the keys (like the ñ).  Could it be that the : "alt gr" key is
> > stuck?  Is there an easy fix for this one?  I have 2 XOs with screens that
> > are gone (like 1/2 black)  that I could use for parts if I need to, but I
> > was wondering if anyone knew of an easier way than swapping the keyboard.
> > Thanks,
> > Caryl
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> 
> 
> I am not sure what an M-stock machine is, but it does sound to me like
> a physical keyboard problem. Changing the keyboard is not the easiest
> repair on an OLPC XO, but it is doable. Likely if you just ease back a
> bit on the pressure of the plastic shell on the keyboard, the problem
> will resolve. There are instructions somewhere on the OLPC wiki.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> -walter
> 
> 
> -- 
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
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