[Discussion] KVMs and Keyboards [Was: Discussion Digest, Vol 78, Issue 4]

[Carl Gehr]

A more direct reference:
    http://www.pckeyboard.com/

And, FWIW, that company is a spin off, Unicomp's Keyboard Products,
that now owns all of IBM's old keyboard technologies.

A request please:
  If you are going to post from one segment of a digest message, please
change the subject line to reflect the actual thread subject.
Thanks,
Carl  



On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:40:48 -0700, Tom Brown wrote:

>
>It might be the KVM that is causing the problem. Last year, I had to
>upgrade my KVM due to a video upgrade. The new KVM would not work with
>my trusty IBM Type M PS/2 keyboard, no matter which adapter I tried (4
>or 5). I finally had to buy a Logitech Classic 200 USB keyboard. I
>really miss my old IBM!
>
>My son told me about a company in Lexington, KY that is making keyboards
>modeled after the old IBM model M. See:
>
>http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net//keyboards.html
>
>HTH
>
>
>Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:57:01 -0600
>From: D Burch <theunk at telus.net>
>Subject: Re: [Discussion] [MAC]
>To: POSSI Discussion List <discussion at lists.possi.org>
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>I use a KVM switch to allow me to switch my work docking station and my
>home machine, so I have the same keyboard - the HP unit that came with
>the laptop. I tried using some PS2 ->USB adapter cords but they were not
>compatible with this silly HP laptop. Same for mice, but any devices
>that are native USB work fine.
>
>Don
>
>Ernest Fisch wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 7:41 PM, D Burch wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The MAC thread has been quiet.
>>>
>>> Ernie have you found this to be so because everything works? Have you 
>>> chosen an emualtor? I picked VMWare Fusion out of ignorance - it was 
>>> there on the shelf and I was primarily fociused on getting my taxes 
>>> filed, having already purchased the windows program. Actually there 
>>> are not any Mac programs available so next year I will likely do it 
>>> all online.
>>> If you want to run an older Warp desktop, you have to buy Parallels.
>>>
>>> I installed Firefox and Thunderbird for browsing and email. They work 
>>> well. But if you are in an Apple app like iPhoto and select email, 
>>> tthe link goes to Mail even though Thunderbird is acknowledged as the 
>>> default. Better to add objects to messages from within Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> I was trying to look at a traffic webcam and Firefox would not talk 
>>> to the Flip4Mac plugin. I brought it in through Safari and was able 
>>> to watch the traffic sliding about. The next time I launched Firefox, 
>>> the plugin was there and active.
>>>
>>> NeoOffice as noted before is pretty good and so far handles every MS 
>>> file I have thrown at it.
>>>
>>> Don Burch
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>>
>> I have been quiet because I have been exploring and experimenting.  I 
>> am taking it slowly and trying to learn well.  My only real 
>> disappointment so far has been with the MAC keyboard.  My eCS machine 
>> has an IBM keyboard which is an expanded Selectric keyboard.  This is 
>> probably one of the finest typing keyboards ever made.  I simply 
>> cannot touch type on the MAC keyboard.  I opted for the wireless 
>> keyboard which is much smaller than the corded keyboard but still has 
>> the same letter key configuration.
>>
>> When I decided to go MAC it was to divorce myself form Windows to the 
>> greatest extent possible.  To this end I am seeking the native MAC 
>> versions of as much software as I can.  Luckily I don't need too 
>> much.  There is one Windows only program that I must have.  It is 
>> called CadRail and it is a model railroad design program.  I have been 
>> using it for years.  I have been a beta tester since version 3 and we 
>> are now on version 9.
>>
>> In order to run this I bought Fusion and XP Home.  Everything 
>> installed without a problem and I was soon running CadRail on the 
>> MAC.  The difference between running it on a 20" IMAC and a Toshiba 
>> laptop is like night and day.   That big MAC screen is gorgeous.
>>
>> I use Moneydance for my checking program and downloaded the MAC 
>> version.  Moneydance is written in Java so there is no difference 
>> between the way it works or looks on the MAC or eCS or Windows.  Right 
>> now I am running it on the MAC and eCS in parallel.  After the next 
>> reconcile I expect to run it on the MAC only.
>>
>> Next year I will do my taxes on the MAC.  Turbo Tax has a MAC 
>> version.  I also plan to buy a MAC version of Turbo CAD so that I can 
>> do my CAD work on the MAC.  When I got my MAC I bought IWork09 to get 
>> a spreadsheet and word processor.
>>
>> A while back I bought an hp1022 printer to work with Windows machine.  
>> It installed on the MAC with no problem.  My old Lexmark is stored 
>> although I did install it on the MAC and it worked.  The 1022 is just 
>> more versatile.  This week I plan to get an external hard drive and 
>> activate Time Machine.  The idea of an automatic backup is very 
>> attractive.
>>
>> So far my experience with the MAC has been very pleasant.  It has done 
>> everything I have asked of it albeit in a way different from what I am 
>> used to.  I have learned to do what I want using a couple of books, 
>> the help facility and the Apple onetoone program.  The biggest problem 
>> I have had so far is that I have not been able to format envelopes as 
>> nicely as I did in Describe.
>>
>>
>> Ernie Fisch
>> ernfisch at cox.net
>>