Re: Wioreless Keyboard

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

"Moll" <Mollyzkoubou@Spam.BettyKate.Spam.Spam.Spam.Dosius.Com> wrote in message
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: Bill Garber wrote:
: > "Moll" <Mollyzkoubou@Spam.BettyKate.Spam.Spam.Spam.Dosius.Com> wrote in message
: > news:A5VPd.32949$W16.2864@trndny07...
: > : Bill Garber wrote:
: > : > 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.
: > :
: > : I've had pretty good luck with one but it really really really ate
: > : batteries.
: > :
: > : Moll.
: >
: > Did you use good Alkaline batteries or the $1 store
: > economy ones. They claim something like a month
: > of 5000 keystrokes per day, but we'll see. I might
: > be inclined to open mine and add a switch so I can
: > turn them off when not in use.  :o)
:
: I bought the heebie-cheapies... being on a fixed income I didn't want to
: spend any more in one go than I had to.
:
: Moll.

That's probably it then. Those only last about 1/3 as long
as alkalines. Maybe even less. NiCads are great for this
application also.  I'm on a fixed income too, but mine is
probably fixed a bit higher than yours.  :o)

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