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

From	sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net>
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 20:32 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:26:48 +1300, David Empson wrote:

> sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
> 
>> Will these work with my new(to me) 20" iMac?  They are USB, probably
>> USB 1.0.  I did not order the keyboard/mouse that came as optional with
>> the refurbed iMac.  I think that it should work, but I still have
>> computers with PS/2 ports!
> 
> They will work.
> 
> The mouse should be fine, apart from missing the second button
> (Control-click achieves that) and scrolling features which are now
> standard on more recent mice.
> 
> The keyboard will be fine apart from one issue: it doesn't have the
> special functions on the numbered F-keys, e.g. for controlling screen
> brightness, volume and media playback. Your old keyboard may have
> separate volume control buttons.
> 
> A free applciation Karabiner can assign special functions to the
> numbered F-keys.
> 
> Screen brightness can also be controlled via a slider in System
> Preferences > Display.
> 
> Media controls for iTunes are available in its various user interfaces,
> and if you are running Yosemite, iTunes 12 also has a Notification
> Centre widget with media controls.
> 
> The other two missing function keys are F3 (Mission Control) and F4
> (Dashboard or Launchpad, depending on which keyboard variant you have).
> Most of those can be configured via System Preferences > Mission
> Control.
> 
> Personally, I've never bothered with Launchpad, so I use Karabiner to
> reassign the F4 key to Dashboard (which I'm gradually phasing out in
> favour of Notification Centre).

Thank you David.  It is the original keyboard from my 2002 iMac.  Also, 
will the round, digital audio speakers work with the new iMac?   Is there 
a digital audio output?

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