Subj : Re: Bluetooth Keyboard To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Mon Aug 12 2024 08:44:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > Hi Ky! > > > KM> What I hate is when the F keys default to assorted random > > KM> functions and you have to press the Fn key to get the freakin' F > > KM> key function! Opposite of everything your hands have ever > > KM> learned, yet increasingly is the way laptops are set up, with no > > KM> ability to disable or swap it. > > Probably trying to save a little physical space or allow the other keys > KM> Nope, winds up exactly the same size. > > I'm trying to visualize that as if there's a key added to make the > output of other keys do the work of a removed set of keys could either > make the overall keyboard size smaller or the individual keys larger, or > combination. One of those "I know what you mean" but at the same time I > don't and would have to see it. Shrink the spacebar by one key on the left side, and add it back as the Fn key. Then add a bunch of Functions to the F-keys, like volume up, volume down, etc. Then make THAT the default, so you have to press Fn plus F-key to get the original F-key function. > > row of function keys was a tray with a clear cover in which to insert a > > long skinny piece of plastic with the key functions. Oh BTW the Rainbow > KM> I have two of those plastic keys right over yonder! > > Amazing what's on Ky's Shelf of Stuff! Sometimes I amaze even myself. > > > 100 had at least 20 PF keys -- they called 'em "Personal Function keys". > KM> I know someone who has a programmable keyboard sort of like > KM> that... uses it for fill-in-many-fields-with-one-key at work. > > Makes sense. Sort of like using a memory calculator: use the memory to > hold numbers instead of typing back in. Yep. But he's got hundreds of 'em. Can fill out just about any form with a few keystrokes. (Does support at a big and rather retarded school district.) > > > > Right. I think some even have a warning not to use rechargeable > > batteries because (usually) don't provide the full voltage (1.2 vs 1.5), > > so acts like the device is eating through tons of batteries when the > > problem is the rechargeable batteries are wrong for the device. > KM> Same with cameras that take a disposable battery. They're > KM> prepetually "battery about to die". > > Right. ...Some Lithium Ion batteries do put out 1.5v -- even better > continuously 1.5v until almost the very end. (Regular batteries will > start at 1.5v and gradually taper down: 1.4, 1.3....) (You knew that, > I'm pretty sure -- was written more for any one slogging through.) Yeah, noticeable with flashlights. I wonder if the Lithium rechargeables (assuming they exist) would work for cameras and other fussy stuff. > Sometimes easier to buy for each than swap around, reconnect, forget the > keyboard/whatever is now connected to "B" rather than "A"..... "Which of these three dongles belongs to the keyboard I'm using?? > > I hope it went through -- it is a neat little keyboard! Maybe go into > > your PayPal account to see if posted but no e-mail as under a specified > > dollar amount? > KM> > KM> Apparently didn't go through. Oh well. > > Awww. :( ...Maybe check in your cart to see if still there. Doubt if > can get the 99› price but maybe close. It is now up to $2.74. But if you click around, suddenly it is $10.43. Never mind... > .. "Indecision may or may not be my problem." - Jimmy Buffett Better than those "permanent reminders of a temporary feeling" :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBm4A1OS-Y þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .