Lynn,

If both keyboards are standard (no special keys) then
they are completely interchangeable.  Unfortunately,
many PC makers are now building keyboards with
unique and specialized keys (like a special key to load
the web browser).  These new specialized keyboards
____might___ work, but those extra keys will not.

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn" <[log in to unmask]>


> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering how do you tell if a Microsoft keyboard from Gateway would
> be compatible with a Compac keyboard. I really like the Compac over the
one
> I have now. It's like having to stomp on each key to get it to register.
>
> TIA
> Lynn Kucera
>
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