Re: Dual Keyboards

> Is it possible to hook up 2 keyboards to a computer just by wiring them
> in parallel, or does anyone have a circuit to do this? I really don't
> want to
> switch between the two.

>Well, there's this ($50):
>
>http://www.ymouse.com/product/pymkeykey.htm
>
>You might get away with just paralleling them since both the CLK and DATA
>lines are open collector and you don't need arbitration since you'll only be
>using one at a time.

Also look under http://www.ymouse.com for a link to Z Keys.
I bought one to try on my Ahha equipped miller but my wife STOLE it from me
to use with Excel. She's programmed it so all her invoicing work is done
one handed from this keypad - no reaching over to get the tab key etc.
Really neat. One day I'm going to borrow it back just to try it.

Another idea is at http://www.ktmarketing.com
Look thought the links for this group and it's under PENDANT.
As yet an unfinished product but all the info is there.
Before I found the Z Keys product I had started to get all the gear
together to make one of these. I was going to mount it all in a small box
with a coil lead and hang it from a spring loaded hook on the side of the
machine.
The hook would control a micro switch so that when it was on the hook and
not being used the keyboard was in control. Once you lifted it off the hook
the keypad then became active.

Due to work that's another job that's on hold.
Has anyone else found that customers are a pain in the ass?
Why don't they all go away and let me play with my toys.
I even tell them this to their face but they just laugh and still come
back. I've tried swearing, taking the piss, asking if it's a toupee etc but
no good - what's the answer ??
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Regards,
John Stevenson
Nottingham, England