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I know Wireless and Bluetooth are great technologies! I know Apple makes it relatively easy to change batteries in their devices (magic mice and keyboards)!
However, I am running a few elementary school computer labs where we have many iMac computers and limited space.
One of my major obstacles from keeping these computers reliably operational is keeping keyboards alive with fresh batteries (We have wired mice). Also, since table space is limited, the standard FULL SIZE keyboards (with the numerical 10-key) takes space away from the mouse. A 10-key at this elementary school age level is really unnecessary.
It would be ideal if Apple could bring back their older version of the Aluminum Keyboard that was compact AND USB wired! The old model number was MB869LL/A (A1242).
These options are all that is currently available and neither is ideal:
Apple Wired Keyboard Usb
- FULL SIZED Wired Keyboard (that is too wide and the 10-key is unncessary): Wired Aluminum Keyboard MB110LL/B USB with Numeric Keypad
- COMPACT Wireless Keyboard (that changing the batteries is too time consuming when you have 100's of computers in a lab to deal with): Wireless Aluminum Keyboard A1314 Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, MC184LL/B
Looking for a compact, non-10-key, WIRED, USB, Apple compatible keyboard (that has brightness and volume controls built-in).
Anyone else support this efffort, please chime in (or offer alternate solutions or compatible hardware).
Thanks,
Elementary School Challenged!
MB869LL/A (A1242)-OTHER
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I can't find any threads discussing this issue. (I do give up easily)
This problem started last week after two years with this keyboard/iMac pairing and working fine.
After a period of inactivity (over night) the wired USB apple keyboard (A-1242) stops entering keyboard characters.
The trackball works normally.
Swapping USB ports doesn't fix the issue.
Restarting is the only thing that fixes fixes the problem, tenporarily.
Resetting the PRAM hasn't fixed the problem, it still looses keyboard inputs after a long rest. (Cursor continues to move and cursor commands work fine.
A different Apple usb (older) keyboard works fine when the A1242 has temporarily died.
Something dies between the A1242 and the iMac and requires rebooting to fix.
Any help or ideas would be dearly appreciated.
Thanx Marked 2 2 5 22.
GG
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Old Apple Keyboard
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