Re: [MLUG] Looking for a USB Keyboard.

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

No no...  all those stores have USB keyboards...  Just not ones w/o 
internal USB hubs.  It's the hub that the Belkin KVM is barfing on.

Spectrum (I guess they're calling themselves 'Tiger Tech') has one for 
$40 *laugh*

Ratshack was a great suggestion... Thanks.  They do indeed have a 
plain-jane used to order em off pricewatch for $4-$7 generic (this was 
ps/2 back in that day) with no blasted hub and such... but they want 
twice what its worth... for their price I could buy one of the bells and 
whistles, internal hub, all sorts of assignable keys... of course it 
wouldn't work with my system.

I expect this is the way I'll have to go, assuming they'll honor the 
tax-exemption of the University tax-exempt Pro cards.

I really don't understand why it's barfing on the Dell keyboard with the 
hub... for goodness sake, when I plug an old mac USB keyboard into it, 
the mouse that's plugged into the keyboard works (so does the keyboard), 
as well as a flash drive.

Thanks.  At least there's light at the end of this here tunnel.

Spurling, Shannon wrote:

>No one sells USB keyboards? Try Radio Shack. You might also try what
>used to be called Computer Spectrum. I can't believe none of those
>others wouldn't have USB keyboards.
>Weird
>
>Shannon Spurling
>WAN Engineer -Specialist
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
>[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian M.
>Cepel
>Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 3:46 PM
>To: MLUG Members
>Subject: [MLUG] Looking for a USB Keyboard.
>
>Just bought a Belkin USB/Audio KVM.
>
>Thing is, they don't tell you when you buy it that it won't work with a 
>device manufactured in THIS century.
>
>The Dell I got from our support center has a lovely 2 port USB hub in 
>it, and the device cranks on the hub.
>
>Their tech support told me (gee, why didn't the product package?) that 
>it uses an internal usb-PS/2-usb switch and that only straight USB 
>keyboards (or in windows speak USB Human Interface Devices).
>
>Nobody sells these, not Staples, not Best buy, not Office Depot, and not
>
>even Walmart.
>
>Anyone got an old boring one with no bells and whistles they'd be 
>willing to sell?
>  
>


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|Christian Marcus Cepel           | And the wrens have returned &
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371 Crown Point, Columbia, MO    | that oak where his heart once
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Computer Support Specialist, Sr. | arms in a blessing; For being
University of Missouri-Columbia  | born again. --Rich Mullins|

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