Re: Arcane Question Re Keyboard Cords

2013-01-10 Thread James Fraser
Hello, --- On Wed, 1/2/13, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: On the other hand, an S-Video cable will work fine in place of an ADB cable. I used a 10 foot one to use a Mac from across a room. Wireless keyboard and mouse? Ha! Use longer wires. ;) It would be interesting to know if

Re: Arcane Question Re Keyboard Cords

2013-01-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Thu, 1/10/13, James Fraser wheresthatistanbul-pcil...@yahoo.com wrote: It would be interesting to know if Apple ever *did* develop an ADB wireless keyboard and mouse.  I'm guessing the answer is a resounding no, but the whole wireless ADB concept is an intriguing one for those of us

Re: Arcane Question Re Keyboard Cords

2013-01-10 Thread Robert Hesson
I still use my apple adjustable keyboard (and original bus mouse) on my Mac Pro via a USB adaptor. I can type on that faster than any other keyboard I have ever had. Looking forward to using it again on my quadra 700 for a week coming up soon. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 10, 2013, at 4:20 AM,

Re: Arcane Question Re Keyboard Cords

2013-01-02 Thread ronfinch
yes- cables all work with 128,512, and plus-dont know about longer cable On Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:24:47 AM UTC-5, Pants-Happy wrote: Hello, Are the cords that connect the keyboard to the CPU on the Macintosh 128k/512/512Ke and the Mac Plus *exactly* the same? With the exact same

Re: Arcane Question Re Keyboard Cords

2013-01-02 Thread Gregg Eshelman
You can make an early Mac keyboard cord using an old telephone handset cord but IIRC you have to cut off one end and crimp on a new one turned around 180 degrees from the original. Most likely Apple did that so people couldn't just use phone handset cords. On the other hand, an S-Video cable