Re: Wioreless Keyboard

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: > : > : > Has anyone played with one of these yet?
: > : > : > I have one hooked up but I can't get the
: > : > : > keyboard settings in control panel right.
: > : > : > It seems to repeat and skip things I type
: > : > : > a lot. Let me know if you've had any luck.
: > : > : >
: > : > : > Apple II Forever, Apple II Together
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: > : > : When were these wireless kb's manufactured? Don't you need the Reset
: > : > button
: > : > : to turn on your mac? Or was it designed for the ol' switch macs?
: > What
: > : > mac
: > : > : model was the first to use the power key on to keyboard? I wanna say
: > LC
: > : > : 575.....
: > : >
: > : > As far as needing the reset, it's yes. Putting one on a remote
: > : > device, it's next to impossible. The reset switch is simply a
: > : > short in the lines, which ones I am not sure of as yet. Very
: > : > difficult to simulate that remotely.
: > : >
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: > : But couldn't you have the base station short the wires when it detects
: > the
: > : reset key being pressed? Seems like a pretty big drawback to me. You'd
: > need
: > : to attatch a hardwired keyboard just to turn the comp on.
: >
: > Yes, but at a much higher cost. Reset you could do that way,
: > but power on would be impossible since the receiver requires
: > power that it wouldn't be getting until the Mac was powered on.
: >
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: Ah, I see now. It's the chicken and the egg paradox. So, how did people with
: soft power on use these wireless keyboards? Or, maybe they didn't? ;-)

You might as well have asked, "why are they now being sold
at a fraction of their original retail price?", and the answer is simple,
they didn't sell all that welll.

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