ACT Apricot keyboards, or infra-red japes

[Jules Richardson]

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 22:04 +0100, Adrian Graham wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Recently I've picked up the bits of the infra-red Apricot keyboard that 
> Jules investigated at my place and left in bits all over one of my 
> sofas :)

Hey, the task was merely to see how it came apart - you were on yer own
after that point! ;)

> I know CCD based video cameras can see infra-red......

Hmm, you got me curious there... had a poke around via google; some
digital cameras seem perfectly capable of it, but you need an IR filter
over the lens (presumably you need this for a camcorder too)

I'd be surprised if the IR was the problem though; it's obviously
working in some fashion to be letting some keys through. Seems more
likely that the membrane's borked (I suppose you could make a note of
what keys don't work, then check for continuity through the membrane
when those keys are pressed...)


> Apologies in advance if this message appears garbled, I'm using an 
> awfully off-topic Mac G4 with OSX 10.2 and I'm not used to its settings 
> yet :)

Did you get the quick one?  Did you bring that HP rack home? ;)

seeya

J.