Thanks to everyone who responding to my quandry. You're all the best! I swapped the problematic USB keyboard for a different, a built more substantially built 104 key PC keyboard. The Apple Wizzard recognized it right away, and I've had no trouble with passwords or the missing @ symbol since!
That was a trip down memory lane, though. I now remember that the quote mark was indeed the shift of 2 on the Smith-Corona typewriter on which I first learned to type in the Minneapolis Public Schools back in the 1950's. PS: We also didn't have a 1 key. Instead we typed lower case l. To make the exclamation point we typed the apostrophe, backspaced, and added the period. Now, how could I forget all that??! Best, Janina 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi, > > I have a standard, very standard (no extra keys) 104-key PC USB keyboard > hooked up to my new Mac Mini. I'm using a StarTech KVM switch to control > the Mac, my Linux desktop, and a Windows laptop with this keyboard. > > Working the Mac with this keyboard works mostly, but the exceptions are > significant enough that my full-size Apple BlueTooth keyboard is never > too far away. Specifically: > > * The Mac will not accept a password typed in the PC keyboard. > * I've tried multiple times, but I don't try anymore because it's > * a waste of time. If I need to type my keyboard, I need to use > * the bt keyboard. > > * I cannot type an email address with the PC keyboard because I > * don't seem to have an @ symbol. Shifting 2 on the top row of the > * qwerty gives me the double quote mark that's also available to > * the left of the Enter key. Strange. > > Any ideas? I confess the keyboard identification wizzard didn't > automatically associate this device. I couldn't figure how and where to > enter the keys it was looking for to auto identify it. I tried that > twice, but am willing to give it another go if someone has some specific > ideas about using that application. > > Best, > > Janina > > -- > > Janina Sajka > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20200517203109.GB2602%40rednote.net. -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20200525051255.GB2604%40rednote.net.
