Re: [NTLK] Newton keyboard options

Hello,

--- Matt Howe <matthowe@comcast.net> wrote:

> Has anyone reverse engineered a freekey?
> http://www.pda-soft.de/freekey.html
> Can we try and contact the original creators to see
> if they have stock or information. If I could I
would >to go look them up. I love that part of Bavaria
but >maybe Frank could find out more? Although on his
site >he says he is looking for one so I guess he
probably >has tried to contact the original makers.
But hope >springs eternal.

Me after you and Frank for a FreeKey, please. I say
that in a burst of unbridled optimism.

Perhaps the easiest workaround for this problem might
be for you to offer your roll-up keyboard on the list
in exchange for a Newtway-compatible Stowaway
keyboard? This assumes that Newtways are still
available (are they?).

It also assumes that trading the particular make and
model of keyboard that you have for a Stowaway is at
least a somewhat even trade (rather than a horribly
lopsided one).

I, too, would love to use a PS/2 keyboard with a
Newton. But the FreeKey aside, I would be truly
amazed (not to mention gratified) if someone saw fit
to put in the kind of work that developing such a
physical interface would take at this late date.

While I think of it: is the connector on your roll-up
keyboard a USB or a PS/2-type connector? I ask this
because if it's the former, the write-up on the
FreeKey seems to indicate that using a USB keyboard
with a USB-PS/2 adapter in conjunction with the
FreeKey won't work.

Best,

James Fraser
 

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Received on Sun Jul 27 05:14:18 2008