Re: [NTLK] SER001 & keyboard

From: Mark Rollins (mark_at_mrollins.com)
Date: Fri Jul 06 2001 - 15:41:46 EDT


------------------------------

>From: "PCBman" <pcbman_at_ix.netcom.com>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] SER001 & keyboard

>All units are tested with a Newton keyboard.
>When it left here it was working.

Oh, it's okay, no intimation meant that the SER001 was at fault;
it works fine with my Olympus camera and Khyber keyboard.

>I am unaware of a 'rev b' keyboard, but the basic
>functionality would have to be the same.
>Dumb questions:
>Does the Newton keyboard work with the dongle?

Yes

>Does the Newton keyboard work with other Newtons?

Yes. Apparently I need to RESET once with the keyboard attached thru the
SER001, and it works fine. Apparently this doesn't always happen to others.
Could've been trhe full moon on the 5th!!

 
> Here's an odd one. I can use the "dongle destroyer" with a
> Khyber keyboard.
> (http://www.mrollins.com/newton.html pictures at bottom)
>
> However, it won't work with my "real" Newton keyboard.
> I bought my Newton keyboard the day the MP2000 was released;
> was there a "rev B" of the keyboard?

Mark Rollins, CIH, CSP

--
This is the Newtontalk mailinglist - http://www.newtontalk.net
To unsubscribe or manage: visit the above link or
	mailto:newtontalk-request_at_newtontalk.net?Subject=unsubscribe



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Sun Sep 09 2001 - 19:49:33 EDT