Re: Ever have a keyboard die on you ?

[Lisa Kleinholz lkleinholz@xxxxxxxx]

The skin for the Avant Stellar I bought from the company that made Avant Stellar for that keyboard. I have two, both with skins now.

The Radio Shack converter has worked reliably for several years, most recently with an ASUS netbook running XP3. Xywrite works great on it, without TAME.

I am now transitioning to XY on the Mac running in DOSBox under Mac OS 10.6, which has been a good solution for me, though I haven't tried my Avant Stellar keyboards with that set up.

I'm waiting for the new Macbook Pro to come out before buying a new laptop, and we'll see if that works. I've heard people have difficulties with DOSBox under Lion.

By the way, if someone knows how to purchase XP3 (which I would love to try on the mac under Parallels),
 I'd appreciate info.

 
Lisa Kleinholz
 
 
 
  
 From: J R FOX 

   
Which skin, and where did you get it ?  (I would have thought this
needed to be a custom fit, for each keyboard model ?) 

The latter-day alternative keyboards mentioned here are all PS/2,
whereas this connection has been gone from most computers --
including models back as far as 2006 that I still use -- for a good
while now.  Therefore, a good converter is a must.  And I've tried
a few that were *not*
 good.  The one from RS I will look into,
despite their prices, since their store locations are so much
closer.  (A lot of the routine items I get at Fry's can cost 1/2
of what RS sees fit to charge.  Sometimes even a much greater
disparity, like $20. for a USB cable that would go for $5. at
Frys !  But I think those SIIG converters, which were dual Mouse +
Keyboard, ran in the $15. to $20. range.)


  Jordan