ACT Apricot keyboards, or infra-red japes

[Adrian Graham]

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

Good job I got it back together in one piece then! It's all horribly 
clean underneath the screws and plastic....

> digital cameras seem perfectly capable of it, but you need an IR filter
> over the lens (presumably you need this for a camcorder too)
>

Nope, ours is a Sony MiniDV or something and you can point it at a bog 
standard remote control and watch the flashes...blinkenlights...mmmm :)

> 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...)
>

That's the next step, though not the NEXTStep. Did you see what I did 
there? I'll do some testing next week.

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

Yup and nope. I'm still without the means to strap a 42U rack to the 
top of my car!

cheers,

A