Gateway 2000 AnyKey Keyboard Macro Backup Utility Program

"Dan from PI" wrote in message
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Rich,

It's called the X-keys. It's available in both PS/2 and USB versions.
The PS/2 version carries all of the macros in an onboard memory, and the
USB version can be configured that way. One nice advantage it has over
the Anykey is that it's easy to label the keys so you don't forget
which macro is on which key.

Here's a web page I wrote about it a few years back:
http://www.piengineering.com/resources/anykey.php

I hope you find this useful.




--
Dan from PI

Interesting site. It even has a picture of a Gateway Keyboard. However,
another product caught my eye there. My 11 year old son likes to upload
videos of his Wii Call Of Duty action to YouTube. Originally he would use a
camera to record the TV screen. Then he asked me for this inexpensive USB
device called EasyCap which comes with Ulead movie capturing software.
Unfortunately, unless the computer is right next to the game console there's
a problem. So I bought him a 16 foot active USB extension which isn't
really quite long enough. However, the data stream must be too much for even
an active USB cable & the sound gets out of synch with the video. The USB
Extender may solve the problem.
Thanks,
Rich

Rich wrote:
Yes, I still have the keyboard, but something wasn't working on it, when I
stopped using it long ago. Can't remember what it was. If you think the
disk will go through the mail without a protective box [I don't have any
mailers], you can contact me.

Barbara


After answering your post last night I did some more digging & located the
disk. I purchased my system in February 1994. They didn't include a separate
AnyKey disk at that time apparently The program was in a folder on the main
system disk that included Windows 3.11 & various utilities. It's interesting
that you say something broke on your keyboard. Gateway stopped using them in
1996 because they were weary of the support calls for "broken" keyboards
which actually had been remapped accidentally Many times over the years I
would be vigorously typing away & suddenly notice the "program macro" key
flashing because I somehow inadvertently hit the magic combination. All I
could do in that case is hit the button again effectively recording a 5
minute macro of unknown key combinations. All I could do is wipe out all
macros to reset the board to normal & re-record my stored macros. You could
see where this was driving Gateway crazy & why the backup utility is useful
because you could just restore your macros after you messed up the keyboard
& cleared it.


I did that occasionally too. I think I just had keys sticking, and
was too lazy to figure out how to clean them or fix them, since I had a
new keyboard that came with the second system.


Anyway, thanks for the offer & your trouble.
Rich


You're welcome. I know how much it would mean to me, if someone could
direct me to some old games I had on previous systems. Glad you have
found what you needed!
bj

'Rich[_9_ Wrote:
;872124']
Interesting site. It even has a picture of a Gateway Keyboard. However,

another product caught my eye there. My 11 year old son likes to upload

videos of his Wii Call Of Duty action to YouTube. Originally he would
use a
camera to record the TV screen. Then he asked me for this inexpensive
USB
device called EasyCap which comes with Ulead movie capturing software.

Unfortunately, unless the computer is right next to the game console
there's
a problem. So I bought him a 16 foot active USB extension which isn't

really quite long enough. However, the data stream must be too much for
even
an active USB cable & the sound gets out of synch with the video. The
USB
Extender may solve the problem.
Thanks,
Rich

Rich, the USB Extender is low speed USB, meant for extending our
keyboards, so you may encounter the same or a similar issue.




--
Dan from PI

"Dan from PI" wrote in message
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'Rich[_9_ Wrote:
;872124']
Interesting site. It even has a picture of a Gateway Keyboard. However,

another product caught my eye there. My 11 year old son likes to upload

videos of his Wii Call Of Duty action to YouTube. Originally he would
use a
camera to record the TV screen. Then he asked me for this inexpensive
USB
device called EasyCap which comes with Ulead movie capturing software.

Unfortunately, unless the computer is right next to the game console
there's
a problem. So I bought him a 16 foot active USB extension which isn't

really quite long enough. However, the data stream must be too much for
even
an active USB cable & the sound gets out of synch with the video. The
USB
Extender may solve the problem.
Thanks,
Rich

Rich, the USB Extender is low speed USB, meant for extending our
keyboards, so you may encounter the same or a similar issue.




--
Dan from PI

Oh. Thanks for the heads up. The video on the site showing the guy playing
guitar hero mislead me. However, I can see where that would not require the
amount of data transfer that a video capture would.
Thanks,
Rich