Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DataDesk Mac-101 Keyboard for the Mac Plus (non-ADB) and st Message-ID: <3669@fluke.COM> Date: 6 May 88 22:02:46 GMT References: <3488@fluke.COM> <4906@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@tc.fluke.COM Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 30 In article <4906@cup.portal.com> ray@cup.portal.com writes: >Re: Moriarty's comments: >However, there's one thing I noticed about the Mac-101 that Datadesk >>confirmed when I called them: the keyboard isn't enabled until the system >>file is loaded (at least on the non-ADB model). Thus, hitting the shift key >>so that Font/DA Juggler won't load, or the Cmd key so that the machine comes >>up in Finder Mode when startup is set to MultiFinder mode, doesn't work. >I haven't had any problems disabling Font/DA Juggler by holding down the shift >key at bootup, and I don't think I've had any problem disabling MF. Maybe >I have a magic Datadesk keyboard? It is the non-ADB model. I think it's a bit more specific: at reboot time, I immediately held down the shift and/or control key after giving the reboot command. The Mac, during start-up, didn't recognize the key. However, if I waited until the startup screen appeared to hold down the key, no problemo. Perhaps the non-ADB Mac 101 keyboard only recognizes keystrikes after the official startup begins? Anyway, it works, and I must say that the Mac 101 keyboard is a dream to use for moderately good typists like myself. I'm just breezing along -- wish I had one for my Sun 3/50 at work! "Spontaneous combustion! What a stroke of luck!" --- Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>