Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> Victor Rehorst wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, mcw wrote:
> >
> > > But I really like the size of the keyboard and I REALLY like its
> > > volume. I worked on a few papers in libraries, something the
> > > thunderboard of the Newton doesn't allow.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a way to get the Psion (series 5) keyboard to work
> > > with a Newton? Anyone heard of a hack? Or know how to get the two to
> > > talk to each other? Or know of a way to break open the Psion to get
> > > the keyboard system out? What problems might exist for this process?
> > >
> > > I'm a total ignoramous on this topic, so any advice is appreciated
> > > (just one response of "you idiot, it can't be done" is probably
> > > enough, though! grin).
> >
> > "You idiot, it can't be done!"
> >
> > But... people have hacked their Newton keyboards to make less noise. It
> > involves popping off the keycaps and modifying the rubber "boot" below
> > that acts as a spring. I don't have all the details, but try searching
> > the (semi-defunct but still really useful) NewtonTalk Archive:
> >
> > http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~victor/newton/ntalk-archive/
> >
>
> Did I miss something or what? What is it semi-defunct, Victor?
>
I meant "Why is it semi-defunct"?
-Laurent.
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