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[PaulX608]

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[McMurdo]

I completely understood that, good luck

[Mael Coluim]

For a minute there, Paul I thought you had picked up Scottish English!

[PaulX608]

For a minute there, Paul I thought you had picked up Scottish English!

LOL, I wais\h Ern. This\ rewally s\ucks\. Oh waell, gives\ me wan exzcus\e to get newa s\tuff, sright?

[Mr. Kilt]

I wouldn't type much more with that one. Your spell checker will probably self-destruct!! LOL

[PaulX608]

Actually, it seems to be getting better now. Maybe I can avoid buying one for a little while.

[Livingston]

If you disconnect it, pull all the keys off and dry it out you might just resurrect it for a while. Of course, if you want to keep typing Scots you'll just have to keep spilling something on it.

[PaulX608]

I took it apart right after it happened, the spill was on the number pad on the right, but went everywhere inside. Still have a few dead keys. This keyboard has a powered USB hub in it too, so I wanted to get the bulk of the liquid out as soon as I could. We'll see how it does over the next few days. I spilled a bowl of chili on my last keyboard.

[Kilted_John]

PC or Mac? If the latter, may I suggest getting one of the Griffin iMate USB-ADB adapters and an older Apple Extended Keyboard, either the original version or the second version? Alps keyswitches. If you're PC, then, I'd just get a PS/2 keyboard with the Alps keyswitches in it... I've spilled stuff inside the original Apple Extended Keyboards, and as long as it doesn't flood a keyswitch, the keyboard's fine. Otherwise, I usually get sticky keys, that can easily be replaced, unlike the new "membrane" style keyboards.

-J

[PaulX608]

It's a PC, and I use a Microsoft Natural keyboard. Most of my life I had a real hard time typing because of a farm equipment accident that pretty well wrecked my left arm(I have pictures, but I don't want any mods to get their panties in a wad. Email me if you want to see a picture of an 8 yr old me with my arm all chewed up). It was pretty well reconstructed, but my arm has a pretty significant curve to it and using a flat, straight line keyboard was always a problem. This thing is a life saver. Unfortunately, they don't really make them like this anymore. The one I'm using now I bought on ebay from a fellow who got it with a new computer and didn't like it, so it was 5 years old but 'new in box.' It seems to be doing alright this morning, but my row of 'shortcut' keys at the top are not all working. Oh well, guess I'll strap on a kilt and forget about it! Merry Christmas to all!!!