Re: Keyboard question

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From: Alan W. Frame
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00

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Paul St George <paul@minument.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Can anybody help me?
> 
> I want to use a switch to do the same job as any one key on a Mac
> Keyboard. What do I need to make or buy to put between this switch and
> the keyboard or between the switch and the computer?
> 
> I am designing an art exhibition and I want people to input simple
> information (one key) into the computer without using the keyboard or a
> mouse.

Top-tip: on those Macs with Infra-red ports (Performa 630s, etc), you 
can use a standard Sony TV/VCR/Hi-Fi remote control[1] to operate
MoviePlayer and the Apple Audio CD app.

Have fun in PC World! :-)

rgds, Alan
[1] or even a Newton/watch, etc.
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Date: 1998/04/17
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