On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 09:28:58AM -0400, John Wilson wrote: > You won't be able to use the power key (if it has one) on the keyboard > to boot the Beige as the USB drivers don't load until sometime later in > the startup process. The "c" key will not boot the machine from a CD > for the same reason. Also, (lots of exceptions here, aren't there?) you > can't get to open firmware with a USB keyboard on a Beige. All of > these, however, remain available with an ADB keyboard (the one that > came with your Beige). Most of the Apple ADB keyboards are very good. > Why would you want to stop using yours?
In my case, I plugged in a PS/2-to-USB adapter so that I can share one keyboard (a Focus FK2001) and mouse (a Microsoft optical mouse) between a beige G3 and some x86 boxen. PS/2-to-ADB adapters would've been better (and would also let me use the same keyboard and mouse with a Quadra 610 and an Apple IIGS as well), but those are expensive (PS/2-to-USB only runs about $20 or so). I still have a couple of ADB keyboards and mice on hand if I should need them. The only downside with this keyboard is that there's no Reset key on it...maybe not such a big deal with either Mac as they have hardware Reset switches on them, but it'd be an annoyance with the IIGS. (It's in a IIe case, though, so that keyboard's Reset key would be available...) _/_ Scott Alfter / v \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IIGS( http://alfter.us Top-posting! \_^_/ pkill -9 /bin/laden >What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
