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Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac?
Date 2015-03-30 20:25 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-03-30, sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, JR.  My old Apple keyboard, which started out white, is now 
> yellow!  It is the one with two USB take-off on the top, the original one 
> that came with my 2002 iMac.

Well that was 13 years ago... : ) The current aluminum Apple keyboards
are *much* nicer, IMO.

> Another question: Is there any worth/market for one of the those chrome 
> necked, swivel monitor models?  I have so limited room, that I cannot 
> keep a lot of "toys" around anymore?  

Yep, most Macs have good resale values. Though since it's PowerPC G4
based and over a decade old, it's not going to have the same value as
something newer - or even something much older:

<http://www.ebay.com/sch/Desktops-AllInOnes-/171957/i.html?_from=R40%7CR40&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&LH_ItemCondition=4&_nkw=Apple+iMac+G4>

> Also, would any of my apps that I 
> bought over the years, like Thoth, SuperDuper transfer to the Intel iMac, 
> or are they only PPC?

Many have been updated to support Intel Macs. SuperDuper certainly has.
No idea about Thoth in particular.

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JR

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Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-30 18:54 +0000
  Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 14:56 -0400
    Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-30 19:15 +0000
  Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-30 18:57 +0000
    Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-30 19:27 +0000
      Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 15:41 -0400
        Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-30 20:12 +0000
      Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-31 08:23 +1200
      Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-30 20:25 +0000
  Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-31 09:26 +1300
    Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-30 20:32 +0000
      Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-31 12:11 +1300
        Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-31 02:18 +0000
    Re: Will my old USB "one button mouse" and USB keyboad work with new iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-30 20:56 +0000

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