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New MessageDot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) MHeadroom
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Got my dot.station from bob today and this thing is heavy. No handels on box nor unit. I really won't have time to play tonight but here's a quick tip:

the screws in the back of the unit that are listed as "3mm torx" on Vegazone are actually 3mm torx security screws. so make sure your torx drive accepts the post that is in the center of the screw.

-mheadroom

04-01-2003 17:37:53

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) jsmmd
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Torx-
Based on mheadroom's findings, I decided to see what the spanish user base did when presented with this issue. Below is a link to one of the pages outlining a few solutions.

One person recommended using a small normal screwdriver, put between the central end and the edge, turn and the central end is broken and torx becomes a normal screw.

Another reported that you could use a T-15 security bit.

AOL Computer Forum

I just bought a package of bits from jackstuff.com. It comes with a T-15 security bit, but not a 3mm security. Caveat Emptor!

04-01-2003 20:28:52

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) MHeadroom
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Knock out the posts with jewelers screw drive with no problems. Machine comes apart pretty easily.
04-02-2003 17:39:05

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) jsmmd
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confirmed. no need to buy security bits.
04-02-2003 20:03:14

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) wfg97079
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How did you knock out the posts?
04-14-2003 13:08:44

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) jsmmd
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Just take a small flat head screw driver, and wiggle the post till it breaks. Make sure you don't damage the thread of the torx head in the process.
04-14-2003 13:12:48

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) TheBigDog
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I took a flat head and a HAMMER to remove the post. You only need to tap the flat head a little bit w/ the hammer once you have the flat head in place. Good luck.
04-14-2003 15:11:12

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) Kludgemeister
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I just took the small flathead screwdriver, put it in the socket next to the pin, and tried backing the screw out. The torque (fairly minimal) sheared the pin off cleanly on all 4 screws.

Kludgemeister

04-14-2003 18:47:50

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) keith721
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From the Riverdale, Oregon Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), where they used a bunch of D810EMO boards, and obsolete/surplus equipment supplied by the Struts program to build thin clients for student use:

http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~pnelson/k12linux5.jpg

Doesn't that keyboard look terribly familiar??

04-15-2003 09:06:34

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 1 times) Kludgemeister
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Neat find, keith721--notice he's also using a real mouse (as several of our Spanish couterparts have also recommended...)

On the subject of keyboards, has anyone gotten the keyboard support foot to stay down? It doesn't go over center, and flops down immediately when I set the k/b down on the desk.

Kludgemeister

04-15-2003 10:10:30

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) jsmmd
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FYI - I have a USB Microsoft Internet Keyboard with built in 2 port hub. I plugged in on of the ports a USB MS optial mouse. When booting the dot.bob linux saw the keyboard, the hub, and the optical mouse just fine.
04-15-2003 10:17:32

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) keith721
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regarding the dot.keyboard stand, there are two nibs on each end of the metal bar, near where they're inserted into the plastic shell of the keyboard. there's a slot in the plastic shell on either end, where the metal nibs rest to 'lock' it in place. strictly a gravity operation, no friction or other tension to hold it in place.

speaking of which, one of the number keys has the ESC on it, and can be accessed by pressing the right-hand ALT key before pressing the number key. the right-hand ALT key is slightly differently marked, and activates the 'third' value of each keyboard key.

hope this helps . . .

04-15-2003 11:50:31

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) keith721
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if you go to the Spanish site http://www.prodigios.com you can see their original support pages for the dot.station running the AOL Avant software. here's the page regarding the keyboard function buttons, translated to English:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?tt=url&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prodigios.com%2Fmod.php%3Fmod%3Duserpage%26page_id%3D74&lp=es_en


http://www.prodigios.com/mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=71

04-15-2003 14:12:11

New MessageRE:Dot.Station Tips (modified 0 times) jsmmd
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As a follow-up to the above posting. We might want to break AOL Spain into a new thread. That must have a dongle, and might be a good lead.
04-15-2003 14:59:03

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