[ale] Broken Keyboard, help?

[James P. Kinney III]

Hey Linda! Go check out one of these:
http://www.matias.ca/usb2keyboard/index.php  They have a few in stock at
MicroCenter. I have several in the Mac format. The keyfeel is good and
the USB dock is great!
On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 14:19 -0500, Linda L. Hull. wrote:
> Brian, Jim P. and James P. Kinney III,
> 
> THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
> 
> I did have to reboot to get my IBM Model M working again.
> 
> http://www.clickykeyboard.com/
> 
> Apparently the BIOS won't see it if it gets disconnected.
> 
> It's good to have a spare USB keyboard lying around, plugged
> in along with the PS/2.
> 
> I went looking for another quiet one that doesn't make any
> noise, the clicks keep people awake and they can also tell
> I'm typing while on the phone. *sssh!* 
> Micro-Center didn't have any QUIET USB keyboards except
> the one I bought that didn't work. Most of them have horribly 
> noisy cheap plastic space bars which rattle! 
> 
> Under $20.00 you won't get much.
> 
> I'll go back and look in a few days, wonder if they
> will mind if I just plug them in somewhere to try them?
> 
> Bless you all,
> 
> Linda 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 10:50:30PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Linda,
> > 
> > Sounds like a no fun day on your end.
> > 
> > But I have good news. vim will recover any files left open after a
> > sudden crash/non-save-event. 
> > 
> > You can save your peace of mind by simply plugging in the USB keyboard
> > directly with he PS2 still plugged in. The USB stuff will let you run
> > two keyboards at the same time.
> 
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