On 3/22/2015 6:45 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> Still struggling as a Mac user in a Windows world ‹ something, I
> suppose, like being left-handed in a right-handed world.

Good analogy, I'm left-handed ... you learn to adapt. Apple and Microsoft approached the market essentially orthogonally. Jobs wanted to control the entire user experience and as a result, the Apple hardware and software was tightly bundled, controlled, and protected. If Apple didn't make it or authorize its creation, it doesn't exist. Gates wanted Windows to be platform-independent, and indeed, Win 7 varies greatly between this desktop, my radio laptop, and my wife's laptop. It's hard to say which was the better strategy, both Apple and Microsoft are at the top of the "successful company ladder."
>
> Anyone know if the P3/SVGA accepts a Mac keyboard?  Since all my Mac
> keyboards are wireless, or built-in to the laptop, I have no
> practical way to try it, and the documentation is ambiguous.  Second
> question, before I buy something else that won¹t work with either a
> Mac or a PC keyboard, will the P3/SVGA accept a USB-wireless keyboard
> gizmo, or does the keyboard have to be physically plugged in to be
> recognized by the P3?

Keyboards are dirt cheap these days and I know of one friend who uses a wireless dongle of some sort. I can find out if you want to try it.

A little OT: One of our kids gave me Walter Isaacson's "Innovators" which is fascinating [Isaacson is the author of the Steve Jobs bio], and no I don't get even a pat on the back for saying that. The book begins with "Babbage and Lovelace." I'm on Tim Berners-Lee right now, and I keep wondering if I'm going to get to the chapter titled "Burdick and Swartz?"

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

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