[Elecraft] More on Mac and Windows and the K-Line

[Fred Jensen]

On 3/22/2015 6:45 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
 > Still struggling as a Mac user in a Windows world ‹ something, I
 > suppose, like being left-handed in a right-handed world.

Good analogy, I'm left-handed ... you learn to adapt.  Apple and 
Microsoft approached the market essentially orthogonally.  Jobs wanted 
to control the entire user experience and as a result, the Apple 
hardware and software was tightly bundled, controlled, and protected. If 
Apple didn't make it or authorize its creation, it doesn't exist. Gates 
wanted Windows to be platform-independent, and indeed, Win 7 varies 
greatly between this desktop, my radio laptop, and my wife's laptop. 
It's hard to say which was the better strategy, both Apple and Microsoft 
are at the top of the "successful company ladder."
 >
 > Anyone know if the P3/SVGA accepts a Mac keyboard?  Since all my Mac
 > keyboards are wireless, or built-in to the laptop, I have no
 > practical way to try it, and the documentation is ambiguous.  Second
 > question, before I buy something else that won¹t work with either a
 > Mac or a PC keyboard, will the P3/SVGA accept a USB-wireless keyboard
 > gizmo, or does the keyboard have to be physically plugged in to be
 > recognized by the P3?

Keyboards are dirt cheap these days and I know of one friend who uses a 
wireless dongle of some sort.  I can find out if you want to try it.

A little OT: One of our kids gave me Walter Isaacson's "Innovators" 
which is fascinating [Isaacson is the author of the Steve Jobs bio], and 
no I don't get even a pat on the back for saying that.  The book begins 
with "Babbage and Lovelace."  I'm on Tim Berners-Lee right now, and I 
keep wondering if I'm going to get to the chapter titled "Burdick and 
Swartz?"

73,

Fred K6DGW
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