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Title: Before Bluetooth, this wireless keyboard used infrared light Post by: HCK on March 03, 2016, 09:00:12 pm Before Bluetooth, this wireless keyboard used infrared light
<article> <section class="page"> <p> There is nothing new under the sun. Or nihil sub sole novum, to give it in Latin, which always imparts a kind of bulletproof authority to any aphorism. Or if you’re feeling particularly fancy, אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, to give it in Hebrew; it is a line cribbed from the Bible after all.</p><p> Let me introduce you, by way of illustration, to my latest eBay find, a wireless keyboard for vintage Macs. While modern wireless keyboards connect over Bluetooth, or using a little RF dongle that you slip into a spare USB port, this one communicates with the Mac using infrared light pulses, with the signals received by a chunky IR receiver that plugs into an ADB port.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3039571/input-keyboards/before-bluetooth-this-wireless-keyboard-used-infrared-light.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Before Bluetooth, this wireless keyboard used infrared light (http://www.macworld.com/article/3039571/input-keyboards/before-bluetooth-this-wireless-keyboard-used-infrared-light.html#tk.rss_all) |