Just grasping at straws.

We secured a doohickey to connect
an old [Thai] keyboard to XP, now find
a coupla keys not working.

Any old timers know of an ancient remedy
whereby keys can be revived, or is it as I expect,
the thing is dead?

"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Just grasping at straws.
>
> We secured a doohickey to connect
> an old [Thai] keyboard to XP, now find
> a coupla keys not working.
>
> Any old timers know of an ancient remedy
> whereby keys can be revived, or is it as I expect,
> the thing is dead?
>

Since a keyboard is a piece of hardware that has nothing
in particular to do with Windows, a hardware newsgroup
would be the right place to ask. They migh point out that
keyboards cost next to nothing, so why bother?

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message

> Since a keyboard is a piece of hardware that has nothing
> in particular to do with Windows, a hardware newsgroup
> would be the right place to ask. They migh point out that
> keyboards cost next to nothing, so why bother?

Yep, I can understand that,
it's just the fact it's a Thai keyboard
I cannot pick one up at the local shop
and have to wait for one from overseas.
You don't get anywhere unless you ask.

A smile costs nothing, so why bother?

"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
>
>> Since a keyboard is a piece of hardware that has nothing
>> in particular to do with Windows, a hardware newsgroup
>> would be the right place to ask. They migh point out that
>> keyboards cost next to nothing, so why bother?
>
> Yep, I can understand that,
> it's just the fact it's a Thai keyboard
> I cannot pick one up at the local shop
> and have to wait for one from overseas.
> You don't get anywhere unless you ask.
>
> A smile costs nothing, so why not ask?

Indeed - in a hardware group! And if you can touch-type
then you can use your standard US keyboard to type Thai
characters. You can see the layout here:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r...keyboards.mspx
(requires Internet Explorer).