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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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In news:1aa7469e-6f53-44b3-ab59-777188c7acae@googlegroups.com,
drthirdechelon@gmail.com typed:
> On Saturday, March 5, 2011 10:29:04 PM 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.
>
> Is it possible to get one of these Palm folding keyboards to run as
> an external keyboard for my laptop. i was interested in buying one
> for the portability - especially since i don't like my laptops
> keyboard layout.

Sure, it is always possible. Although all of the time and effort to make 
it somewhat usable, it is far better to just buy an external keyboard 
that works for your laptop. I personally use a Logitech K400r for all of 
my Windows laptops and Tablets. They usually cost around 30 bucks or so 
and batteries last forever. Something like a year or so.

I have a couple of those rubberized keyboards that you can rollup. While 
they are very handy, any large amount of typing, they become a real 
pain. As they won't register every key press unless you press on them 
just right.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 

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