Re: The best Dell keyboard ever made

i know someone that won't give up his gateway 'anykey' keyboard... have
found success with mating it with newer computers and the use of one of
these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101117

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am now clicking away on a Dell 101-key clickety-clack Model M keyboard
made for Dell by Lexmark in 1995. This is good for me, because I had to
swap motherboards in my main system here recently, and the newer
motherboard would not recognize the older IBM-branded keyboard made in
1989. The main difference between the two is that the newer keyboard has
an integrated PS/2 cable, while the older one has a detachable cable.
There must be some difference in the electronics inside, too, else the old
keyboard would have worked OK too.

Until I took the time to connect up the new Dell 101 Model M clicker, I
used a small Dell USB keyboard with much smaller footprint. It worked OK,
but I made way too many errors because the keys are positioned
differently.

I also found out just now that the old keyboard was not recognized by a
Dimension 8300 motherboard, so something has changed in the motherboard
circuitry to not find the older keyboard, long the gold standard for PS/2
keyboards.

So amyone wanting to use a Model M with a Dell (if it still has a PS/2
port) needs to have one of the newer ones with integrated PS/2 cable.

... Ben Myers


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