Wanted: Keyboard for G4 Tower

[Kelly Duffy]

Hi Everyone,

I have a graphite G4 tower and my boyfriend spilled soy sauce on the
keyboard, which now no longer works.

Does anyone have a spare keyboard, any that will work with my
computer, that they want to sell me?

Kind regards,
Kelly

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Re: Keyboard for G4

[Martin Hill]

The Belkin and MS keyboards have 2-3 AA or AAA batteries and are supposed to
last a few months.  That's pretty much what we've experienced.  It's very
useful having the keyboard and mouse on the coffee table in the lounge to
control the "Entertainment" Mac.  The other wireless keyboard works great in
the lectern at our local church to control the Mac driving the video
projector when a speaker wants to change powerpoint slides themselves from
up the front.

In answer to Peter's question about the command (Apple) key - there is
plenty of freeware/shareware software available that maps it to either the
Windows key and or swaps the Windows key with the alt key (or just about any
other combination).  The software that comes with the MS keyboard also
allows you to map the keys wherever you wish and set up the Music key to
launch iTunes, picture key -> iPhoto etc.

By default without any extra software both keyboards correctly map the
volume keys and if I recall correctly the next song & previous song keys to
work in iTunes (when iTunes is running).  I haven't been able to get the
extra multimedia buttons on the cheap Belkin keyboard to map to iTunes,
Safari and iPhoto unfortunately, but the MS s/w does it perfectly well on
the MS keyboard.

-Mart
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> From: John Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:39:05 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: Keyboard for G4
> 
> 
> On 28 Jul 2004, at 4:05 PM, Martin Hill wrote:
> 
>> Ken, we have recently bought a Belkin Wireless keyboard and wireless
>> optical
>> mouse from Harvey Norman's for $59 and also the Microsoft Basic
>> Wireless
>> Keyboard and mouse for $85 which both perform very well on the Mac -
>> all the
>> extra multimedia keys work on the MS keyboard under OS X with the MS
>> software which makes the extra expense worth it.
> 
> I've wondered about these wireless devices. What sort of batteries do
> they have and how long do they last?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John Taylor
> 
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Re: Keyboard for G4

[Chris Griffiths]

The apple wireless mouses have AA batteries and last about 2 months.

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On 28/07/2004, at 5:39 PM, John Taylor wrote:



On 28 Jul 2004, at 4:05 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

Ken, we have recently bought a Belkin Wireless keyboard and wireless 
optical
mouse from Harvey Norman's for $59 and also the Microsoft Basic 
Wireless
Keyboard and mouse for $85 which both perform very well on the Mac - 
all the

extra multimedia keys work on the MS keyboard under OS X with the MS
software which makes the extra expense worth it.


I've wondered about these wireless devices. What sort of batteries do 
they have and how long do they last?


Regards,

John Taylor


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Re: Keyboard for G4

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 28/07/2004, at 4:05 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

Ken, we have recently bought a Belkin Wireless keyboard and wireless 
optical
mouse from Harvey Norman's for $59 and also the Microsoft Basic 
Wireless
Keyboard and mouse for $85 which both perform very well on the Mac - 
all the

extra multimedia keys work on the MS keyboard under OS X with the MS
software which makes the extra expense worth it.

For these prices you might as well go new and have the added bonus of
wireless and optical wheelie mice into the bargain.  (Begone cursed
one-button mouse!)

-Mart



Just out of interest - what do you do about a Command key on one of 
these things?


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Re: Keyboard for G4

[John Taylor]

On 28 Jul 2004, at 4:05 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

Ken, we have recently bought a Belkin Wireless keyboard and wireless 
optical
mouse from Harvey Norman's for $59 and also the Microsoft Basic 
Wireless
Keyboard and mouse for $85 which both perform very well on the Mac - 
all the

extra multimedia keys work on the MS keyboard under OS X with the MS
software which makes the extra expense worth it.


I've wondered about these wireless devices. What sort of batteries do 
they have and how long do they last?


Regards,

John Taylor

Re: Keyboard for G4

[Martin Hill]

Ken, we have recently bought a Belkin Wireless keyboard and wireless optical
mouse from Harvey Norman's for $59 and also the Microsoft Basic Wireless
Keyboard and mouse for $85 which both perform very well on the Mac - all the
extra multimedia keys work on the MS keyboard under OS X with the MS
software which makes the extra expense worth it.

For these prices you might as well go new and have the added bonus of
wireless and optical wheelie mice into the bargain.  (Begone cursed
one-button mouse!)

-Mart

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> From: Ken Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:38:30 +0800
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> Subject: Keyboard for G4
> 
> 
> Hi Wamuggers,
> A friend of mine spilt coffee on the G4 keyboard & it's allergic to caffeine
> it seems!
> Won't perform as one would expect!
> Has anyone a cheap keyboard out there?
> I'll be away until the 9th of August but would greatly appreciate any help.
> Regards,
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> Ken Jackson
> 
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Keyboard for G4

[Ken Jackson]

Hi Wamuggers,
A friend of mine spilt coffee on the G4 keyboard & it's allergic to caffeine
it seems!
Won't perform as one would expect!
Has anyone a cheap keyboard out there?
I'll be away until the 9th of August but would greatly appreciate any help.
Regards,

Ken


Ken Jackson

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