Subj : OFFLINE READER NEEDE˙˙˙˙˙ To : All From : Bill Wise Date : Sat Aug 05 2000 11:24 pm MP> USB sucks, it's nothing else than a defective technology done to d MP> the Apple Firewire (IEEE-1394) kick ass BUS that is also avaible f My iMac doesn't have Firewire on it. I bought it in September for full price--$1195. Two weeks later the price dropped 200 bucks and the model with FireWire on it came out. No big deal, I guess. I talked them into a free upgrade from OS8.6 to OS9, and I don't do anyting that needs Firewire's speed, so . . . MP> Besides the "delete" thingy, what does the PC keyboard does th MP> Mac can't? That's another thing I like about iMac, the keyboard ki Mac's key is different. On a DOS program that requires an to exit (either the program or a menu) you have to use a Ctrl-[ to accomplish the feat. The Robomail reader (for DOS and running in SoftWindows) requires an Alt-F4 to begin packing the database, and that command isn't available on the Mac keyboard. The Adesso, when it's working, does it just fine. Mac's keyboard also doesn't have the nice little and keys, but Adesso's keys--even the Function keys--operate the Mac the same way they work on a PC, and that's what I've been using for the last ten years. Bill Bill billwise@afm.org * RM 1.3 01861 * Internet: billwise@afm.org --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2á˙* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 8/6/00 6:24:09 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .