Thanks, Ed, this is exactly what i am looking for.I shall keep those websites and study them at my leisure. Marta On Saturday, Oct 18, 2003, at 12:17 America/New_York, Ed Wiser wrote:
> How Bluethooth works. > http://www.bluetooth.com/tech/works.asp > Airport tech sheet. > <http://a272.g.akamai.net/7/272/51/f590393fbdbd6b/www.apple.com/ > airport/pdf/ > AirPort_Extreme_TO_071703.pdf> > > Basically you are dealing with tow different frequency's. Sort of like > Am > and Fm radio. You can not hear an Am station on a Fm radio. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marta Edie [mailto:mledie at insightbb.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:35 AM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: cordless mouse and keyboard > > > I think I posed my question incorrectly. I know Logitech makes mice > and there are other cordless things floating around. This new mouse and > keyboard from Apple, though, is to be used with Bluetooth. I don't know > enough about technology and actually wanted to know in which way > Bluetooth is different from the airport. I am told it does not reach > far, but still, wouldn't something which works with Bluetooth also work > with the airport? You see, I still don't know how actually my airport > works, why I can float my Tbook all over the house and yard to catch > the signal. Are they different waves? Perhaps different frequencies > that work with Bluetooth? I am lacking the basic knowledge in the way > waves are transported through space. Buying a TV or radio doesn't bring > up these questions, but now with all these different gadgets on the > market, one would like to make intelligent choices before, not after > the fact. > Marta > On Friday, Oct 17, 2003, at 16:28 America/New_York, Rex Baldazo wrote: > >> Logitech makes a number of wireless keyboard/mouse combos, and at >> least some of them are Mac-compatible: >> >> http://www.logitech.com/products/ >> comparison.cfm?contentid=5061&crid=486&countryid=19&languageid=1 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marta Edie PB [mailto:mledie at insightbb.com] >> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:11 PM >> To: MacUserGroup >> Subject: MacGroup: cordless mouse and keyboard >> >> >> I read in MacWorld about the new cordless mouse and keyboard needing >> Bluetooth. Are there any other ways for a cordless mouse and keyboard >> for the Mac, or must I buy a Bluetooth module? I thought my airport >> should be able to do the same. Please fill me in. Thanks Marta >> Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D. >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. This >> list's >> | page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. This >> | list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> > Marta > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. This > list's > | page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > Marta Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
