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| I have a Newton Keyboard but neither Shift key works with my Newton 2100 | |
| Posted by: Huxley on 2022-06-12 22:36:54 I might be speeding headfirst into "dumb question territory" here but whatever: Does anyone know if the Newton Keyboard requires a driver or extension to work with a Newton 2100? My keyboard 'works' but neither Shift key actually shifts - I have to use the Caps Lock key instead, which is a pain. Tips or tricks would be most appreciated! Huxley EDIT: I just found this ~4 year old thread describing the same thing! Hey @Westinghouse - did you ever figure this out with your Newton keyboard?   | |
| Posted by: splorp on 2022-06-13 10:12:03 As mentioned on the tweeter, the Newton Keyboard does not require drivers. The suggestion regarding a broken trace in that earlier thread is interesting, but I find it hard to believe that the same circuit board issue would happen to so many keyboards. I think the failing capacitor or dirty contact theories are more likely. I’ve never had one of my many Newton Keyboards suffer from nonfunctional shift keys, otherwise I’d open one up a tinker with it myself. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2022-06-14 06:44:26 Yup - should "just work". Not had my Newton keyboards show this issue... | |
| Posted by: aladds on 2022-06-14 13:40:39 You can confirm it's not something to do with your keyboard by testing it with a Mac: https://github.com/sarnau/NewtonKeyboardEnabler | |
Posted by: Huxley on 2022-06-19 10:03:22You can confirm it's not something to do with your keyboard by testing it with a Mac: https://github.com/sarnau/NewtonKeyboardEnablerThat's a cool idea! I'm headed out for a week of business travel, but I'll give this a shot once I'm home again. Thanks! | |
Posted by: Westinghouse on 2022-06-25 15:27:50EDIT: I just found this ~4 year old thread describing the same thing! Hey @Westinghouse - did you ever figure this out with your Newton keyboard?Nope. Bought a new keyboard. The new one works fine. Issue is definitely with the old keyboard. | |
Posted by: Huxley on 2022-06-25 15:39:07Nope. Bought a new keyboard. The new one works fine. Issue is definitely with the old keyboard.Huh, that's interesting. I haven't attempted to fix / clean mine yet, but your comment definitely has me wondering if there's a design flaw with these keyboards that makes the Shift keys prone to failing in a way that doesn't seem to apply to the other keys... Either way, thanks for confirming! Huxley | |
| Posted by: Westinghouse on 2022-06-25 15:46:07 I still have the old one around; if you do manage to get yours working, please share your findings -- I'd love to fix my old one! | |
Posted by: Huxley on 2022-06-27 10:05:42I still have the old one around; if you do manage to get yours working, please share your findings -- I'd love to fix my old one!Sounds good - I'll update here with whatever results I can get! H. | |
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