Re: Wioreless Keyboard

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> 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.
> : > : >
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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.....
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> : > 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.
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> 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? ;-)

-Greg