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Re: Palm Portable Keyboard--any hope that it can be made to work with a T|X?

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On Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:15:59 PM UTC-4, BillW50 wrote:
> On 6/27/2013 1:30 PM, Sue wrote:
> > On Saturday, 5 March 2011 22:29:04 UTC-8, Bob Blaylock  wrote:
> >> I just picked up, at a thrift store, a Palm Portable Keyboard.  It was
> >> only $3, and even if I can't make it work with anything, it seems worth
> >> the $3 just for how cool it is to see it unfold into what ought to be a
> >> usable keyboard.
> >>
> >>    But it'd be even cooler yet, if I could actually use it.
> >>
> >>    I have a Palm T|X, but that doesn't seem to be the variant with which
> >> this keyboard is intended to work.  I wonder if there is any hope that
> >> an adaptor exists, or can be made by someone like myself with some basic
> >> electronic skills, that would allow this keyboard to work with my T|X.
> >>
> >>    The model number of this keyboard appears to be 3C10439.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and
> >> we will bury them with their own confusion.
> >> --
> >> Remove "HatesSpam" and ".invalid" from email address to contact me.
> >
> > I have an ancient Palm, well actually 2006 or 2007 and I have a keyboard that used to work with it.  I bet there are lots of folk out there who'd like to resurrect this obsolete technology for writing.  The keyboard boasts 'Universal Keyboard by Palm' but I've got to try and get it all to work.  So I can take it anywhere and write.  Has anyone had any luck yet?  I can't get my Palm to hotsync but I can save to an hsb card and then move it onto the laptop.  Lots of fun... I'm going to try to get it all to work this weekend.  Fingers Crossed.
> > Oh mine is a Palm T|X.
> 
> If you mean by Universal Keyboard, means it is the Palm 3169WW keyboard, 
> then yes. The TX works fine with the keyboard v1.13 driver.
> 
> http://kb.hpwebos.com/wps/portal/kb/na/keyboards/palmuniversalwirelesskeyboard/unlocked/downloads/page_en.html
> 
> Hotsync should work just fine, unless you have Vista or higher and it is 
> 64 bit. Then you need the 64 bit Hotsync driver or you can hotsync using 
> Bluetooth (if your PC has Bluetooth).
> 
> -- 
> Bill
> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12.0.1
> Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

I love my old Palm Portable Keyboard. I haven't found a foldable BLUETOOTH keyboard like it. (The only one I found has a gap down the middle, very clumsy).  WOULD THERE BE ANY EASY WAY TO CONVERT this Palm Portable Keyboard to Bluetooth ... so that I could use it in typing on my Android smartphone?

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Palm Portable Keyboard--any hope that it can be made to work with a T|X? Bob Blaylock <BobHatesSpam@Blaylock.to.invalid> - 2011-03-05 22:29 -0800
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  Re: Palm Portable Keyboard--any hope that it can be made to work with a T|X? mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-03-10 13:45 -0800
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  Re: Palm Portable Keyboard--any hope that it can be made to work with a T|X? mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-03-06 01:51 -0800
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  Re: Palm Portable Keyboard--any hope that it can be made to work with a T|X? gordonb.f1lhn@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2011-03-06 15:01 -0600
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