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From: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Keyboard Cables?
Summary: Good idea, but not really practical
Keywords: what? you want keywords too?
Message-ID: <432@limbic.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 89 05:14:11 GMT
References: <7454@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <1542@lznv.ATT.COM> <112@gnosys.UUCP>
Reply-To: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, NY
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In article <112@gnosys.UUCP> gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) writes:
>Maybe we could get Lenny, Gil, and John to design us an infrared interface
>for the keyboard, like they used to have on the PeeCee Junior??  Yeah, and
>maybe an extendable periscope option for laptop use!  ;-)
>Gary S. Trujillo			      {linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst
>Somerville, Massachusetts		     {icus,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst

This is an interesting idea, but probably not all that practical.  The
power consumption of the UNIX-pc keyboard and any associated power
consumption needed by the infrared receiver/transmitter would probably
kill a set of batteries pretty fast.  You could run the keyboard from
one of those plug-in transformers, but that would defeat the idea of
a mobile keyboard (or one for your lap, for that matter).

I guess we'll just have to keep with the extension cords.

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