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Function C monitors channel 2. D is the mode that is similar to a scanner. When the pager is turned on, eight short beeps are heard along with flashing of both LEDs. Holding down the reset button in selective call mode will monitor the channel for any transmission on that channel at that time, or pure static as the squelch is bypassed.
Some computer designs have used non-button cell batteries, such as the cylindrical "1/2 AA" used in the Power Mac G4 as well as some older IBM PC compatibles, or a 3-cell nickel–cadmium (Ni–Cd) CMOS battery that looks like a "barrel" (common in Amiga and older IBM PC compatibles), which serves the same purpose. These motherboards often have ...
It began to become less common on later USB-based keyboards as these machines keep the keyboard powered when the machine is sleeping, so any key can act as a power key. Power keys remain on some modern Macs, including the MacBook Air , but most others have replaced it with an "eject" key, formerly used to open the now-non-existent CD drive .
If the system has just been powered up or the reset button was pressed ("cold boot"), the full power-on self-test (POST) is run. If Ctrl+Alt+Delete was pressed (" warm boot "), a special flag value stored in nonvolatile BIOS memory (" CMOS ") tested by the BIOS allows bypass of the lengthy POST and memory detection.
“For instance, a retiree with $50,000 in emergency reserves could keep $30,000 in a high-yield savings account for immediate needs and put $20,000 in a no-penalty CD for slightly higher earnings ...
A weak July jobs report just triggered one of the most well-known, and historically accurate, recession indicators: the Sahm Rule.But the rule’s inventor, Claudia Sahm, pushed back against the ...
The Connection Machine, a 65 536-processor parallel computer designed in the mid-1980s, was a black cube with one side covered with a grid of red blinkenlights; the sales demo had them evolving Conway's Game of Life patterns. [1] The two CPU load monitors on the front of BeBoxes were also called "blinkenlights". [3]
Tiger Woods was back on the golf course with both of his children this weekend, as he and his son Charlie took part in the 2024 PNC Championship — while his daughter Sam once again took on ...