Hi Richard,
I read with great mirth your tale of keyboard shenanigans!
The answer to your question is: "More than likely!"
I have connected many a USB (Micro$oft) mouse and keyboard to (even pre USB)
Macs without a hiccup.
...funny that you still need to install MS drivers onto an MS operating
system to get the USB beasties going on a PC, but that�s another story...
I currently run a cordless keyboard/mouse from LogiTech (The Navigator
Series) that runs great by just plugging the things in. OSX and OS9 are
supported with software to allow customisation of the various buttons and
scroll wheel speed etc... In OSX (unsure of OS9), no other 'driver' type
installation is necessary to get the mouse or keyboard running, just plug in
and away you go.
Beware the cheaper keyboards and mice, these will more than likely require
Mac drivers and even then may well crash out your machine to boot.
The name brands seem to be extremely Mac friendly, even more so than being
PC friendly (for exactly the reason noted above).
Cheers
Giles (c:=
On 11/11/03 10:32 PM, "Richard Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Friends
>
> I am here to report that the letter 'D' turned itself in this afternoon
> without a fight. I (and my team of able-bodied detectives) spent two hours
> combing the ruins of my room for the errant letter. There was no escape -
> even the waste paper bins were searched thoroughly! Eventually the letter
> was discovered cowering in a drawer of my wife's desk. {Dr. Watson refused to
> type 'in my wife's drawers'!} How it got there I don't know. The letter
> came into my custody and was straight away restored to its rightful position
> between letters 'S' and 'F'.
>
> Now, what makes the letters of an Apple extended keyboard (USB model) jump
> overboard? Has this happened to others? Is this something I should take up
> with Apple Australia?? The evidence of the two letters' crime spree is clear
> ... they left the keyboard while no one was watching and without permission.
> After a day or so of wickedness ... they were discovered. It must not happen
> again.
>
> Would any old USB keyboard work in place of the genuine one?
>
> Richard
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