Comments on: What exactly is wrong with the white Apple Pro Keyboard? http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/17/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-the-white-apple-pro-keyboard/ Notes from an unfinished world… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/17/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-the-white-apple-pro-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-6451 Pierre Igot Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:28:12 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/17/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-the-white-apple-pro-keyboard/#comment-6451 Henry, I have tried with other keyboards, and the problem never occurs with other models of keyboards, but always occurs with this model of keyboard, regardless of which unit I am using. See <a href="http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/20/mac-pro-problems-with-apple-pro-keyboard-continued/" rel="nofollow">this new post</a> on the topic. Henry, I have tried with other keyboards, and the problem never occurs with other models of keyboards, but always occurs with this model of keyboard, regardless of which unit I am using.

See this new post on the topic.

]]> By: henryn http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/17/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-the-white-apple-pro-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-6450 henryn Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:01:07 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2006/10/17/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-the-white-apple-pro-keyboard/#comment-6450 Pierre: Sorry to hear about your keyboard issue. By coincidence, I just declared an Apple keyboard dead, based on a single dead key (left "control") that I couldn't revive with electronic cleaner fluid. It has given me very good service for something like six years, so I can't complain. As I have actually implemented a keyboard+pointing device to work on a Mac, I might have some special knowledge...though that occurred in the days when Macs used ADB. First, I'll let you know that there is a huge amount of program logic between the actual receipt of characters at the input port of the Mac --USB or ADB-- and the time the corresponding key shows up on the screen. I found implementing the keyboard side very easy because Apple does so much work on the Mac side Second, there's a computer inside each keyboard. The firmware inside handles collecting keystrokes, some translation tasks, and transmitting the characters to the Mac. (On USB keyboards, there may be an additional chip that does the transmission.) These are simply not very difficult tasks and the methods for handling them are completely known. Still, it is conceivable that something has gone wrong along the way... Difficult to believe that your "special" typing style could be an issue. It is REALLY strange that the problem occurs in some apps and not in others. Apps are really far downstream in the processing of keystrokes. I would be tempted to try many, many apps... including resurrecting the old keyboard control panel (?) that accumulates characters that we had in OS 9. Do you have Classic installed? Another idea is to swap keyboards, if possible, for an identical or very similar one and see what happens. Did you know you can connect multiple keyboards without any problem? If one fails, try another at the same time. Well, if you've already returned the one keyboard, you can't do these, but ... Henry Pierre:

Sorry to hear about your keyboard issue.

By coincidence, I just declared an Apple keyboard dead, based on a single dead key (left “control”) that I couldn’t revive with electronic cleaner fluid. It has given me very good service for something like six years, so I can’t complain.

As I have actually implemented a keyboard+pointing device to work on a Mac, I might have some special knowledge…though that occurred in the days when Macs used ADB.

First, I’ll let you know that there is a huge amount of program logic between the actual receipt of characters at the input port of the Mac –USB or ADB– and the time the corresponding key shows up on the screen. I found implementing the keyboard side very easy because Apple does so much work on the Mac side

Second, there’s a computer inside each keyboard. The firmware inside handles collecting keystrokes, some translation tasks, and transmitting the characters to the Mac. (On USB keyboards, there may be an additional chip that does the transmission.) These are simply not very difficult tasks and the methods for handling them are completely known.

Still, it is conceivable that something has gone wrong along the way…

Difficult to believe that your “special” typing style could be an issue.

It is REALLY strange that the problem occurs in some apps and not in others. Apps are really far downstream in the processing of keystrokes.

I would be tempted to try many, many apps… including resurrecting the old keyboard control panel (?) that accumulates characters that we had in OS 9. Do you have Classic installed?

Another idea is to swap keyboards, if possible, for an identical or very similar one and see what happens.

Did you know you can connect multiple keyboards without any problem? If one fails, try another at the same time.

Well, if you’ve already returned the one keyboard, you can’t do these, but …

Henry

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