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No keyboards, though, right?
Authored by: jolshefsky on Feb 14, '03 12:46:48PM

I've got a USB-PS/2 adapter and it's really nifty except that it maps the Windows key to the Command key. This is all fine and good except that I want to use one of those dandy original IBM keyboards and it doesn't have a Windows key. With this strong a plug for USB Overdrive, I wondered if it actually supported keyboards now. Any comments?



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It's not a keyboard tool...
Authored by: robg on Feb 14, '03 01:23:29PM

My understanding of USB Overdrive is that it has never been a keyboard tool -- the quote in the article directly from the website references only "USB mouse, trackball, joystick and gamepad" as supported devices.

-rob.



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uControl
Authored by: jeb1138 on Feb 15, '03 02:06:26AM
I don't know if you've found any other solution to your problem, but one potential solution is to use uControl (http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol/) to convert your Caps Lock key into a command key. Of course, you lose caps lock functionality, but that is probably easier to deal with than having no command key. uControl is also free (GNU GPL). Or you could spend $8, here, for example, and get a PS/2 keyboard with a windows key... :)

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Not _that_ kind of PS/2 keyboard...
Authored by: greed on Feb 17, '03 10:45:30AM

...the original IBM buckling-spring keyboard (the clickety-click boards).
An alternative, of course, is to get a modern USB buckling-spring keyboard, but they're hard to find and ~$100. Datadesk's boards are OK, the SmartBoard is a nice layout and the right keyswitch, but their quality is nowhere near as good as the old IBM boards. (New IBM boards are total junk.)



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