Kittens on the keys?

In message , The Natural Philosopher writes

Sounds a bit like when my nephew dialled 999 on redial when he was a babbie

except the police were not amused

I still use IBM Model M keyboards. The cats use the provided walkway at the back of the keyboard...

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Bob Eager saying something like:

Must get the pressure washer out.

I don't think I've ever seen one with a built in mouse, I've got a couple of original ones stashed away, one AT and one PS/2, but when I changed to a DVI/USB KVM they weren't happy with those PS/2 to USB dongles ... I gather there are some dongles that can supply enough current to drive a Model M.

I have a lovely clean one that I'm using right now. The same one I've been using daily since 1992.

Took it apart and cleaned it last month.

I should have made it clear that mine don't (I have several) have the built in mouse. I selected that picture as you can see the kitty ledge!

They are all plugged into KVMs here...

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

I'll send you mine to clean while you're at it ..

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

Chuck it in the dishwasher, followed by a few days in the airing cupboard. Sorted.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Bob Eager saying something like:

Is it as bad as this one?

Our cat likes sitting on the nice warm laptop keyboard. It once managed to press some combination of keys which makes the display go upside down and back-to-front. Why in god's name Microsoft ever put such a combination of keys into Windows I have no idea, but it was real bugger to sort out - had to try googling for the issue with a mouse in mirror image, very confusing.

That would be to work on tablet PCs like this one I am using. However it has a button that rotates the display so i don't use the short cuts.

Because of video projectors...

In message , Martin Pentreath writes

Not MS, the company that wrote the drivers for your video card.

Pretty sure that they'll never work unless you get an active converter, most of the converters will only work if the keyboard/KVM was designed to be connected to a PS/2 and USB port as the two are very different in operation.

Yes, it has to be a converter rather than just an adapter, dongle was too ambiguous a word, here's one fitted internally (though mine have the plug-in cables, so the layout might be different.

new IT. You really don't want to see the keyboards we threw out from some kitchens.

Mine's due a clean, too. Never had cats on it, but one of the dogs often jumps up into my lap and then flops his head down onto it. Thankfully I suspect that IBM engineers forsaw that, and dog skull impacts formed part of the original product testing :-)

I think I got my PS/2->USB convertor from clickykeyboards.com. I do have a PS/2 socket on the PC, but every so often the keyboard would stop responding when plugged into it; I wonder if it's a current-draw issue. No problems via the USB widget, though.

cheers

Jules