Re: Wioreless Keyboard

["Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.no.spam.please.uwaterloo.ca>]

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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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> : I've got one (think it's called an AirKey? A small black ADB keyboard
with
> : mouse pad and mouse buttons built in).
> :
> : It works fine with no control panel changes.  The only thing I hate
about it
> : is the lack of a RESET button.
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> I'm working on that.

Very cool - let us know if you ever develop a solution!  I came close to
hacking an old IIgs keyboard just to have a reset-button-on-a-wire that I
could hit when needed.  Still hate the idea of having an extra wire just for
that.

> My belief is they left off the reset because
> it's hard wired through the cable.

Probably.  Then again, getting a physical cable connection to close
shouldn't be that hard.  Heck, just pull apart a little RC car, wire up the
RF receiver and a server to an ADB cable and you too can wirelessly (using
the remote control) short a cable connection.  :-)

> I'll let you know if and when
> I get it figured out.   :o)   Too bad they couldn't include it in the
> receiver, just a small button to hit, but then again, still have to get
> up and walk over to the IIgs.    :o)

Yup.  I like the RC car teardown solution myself.  :-)

Tim