Palm  T|W external keyboard
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Just have got an Ortek Technology  Inc. Portable Keyboard for Palm m5xx
devices. [1]

It might  made little  sense to  use a keyboard  which already  has one
build-in. But  the bigger keyboard the  better. This one is  a keyboard
with 5  lines of keys (so  there is the  top one with numbers  is here,
too). Unlike  the Stowaway keyboards  this one  is not foldable.  It is
much  smaller than  desktop one  and has  a hardshell  protective cover
(which also serves as  a stand for the Palm) The  keys are smaller than
keys of desktop keyboard. Height is about 2/3 of normal height and with
is smaller, too. The whole "qwertyuiop" is about of 10 mm narrower than
normally.

This make use of this keyboard somewhat less comfortable. The keys are
very soft which also does not make writing easier.

But  in general  it is  much more  comfortable to  write texts  on this
keyboard than  on the  build-in one  (and it is  also much  better than
using of the Graffiti).

There are  dedicated keys  for duplication  of Palm's  hardware buttons
(the Apps,  Menu, Calc,  Find, DateBook,  Addressbook, ToDo,  Memo) and
there are also shortcuts for common  actions like New, Cancel, Done and
so.

That's a nice thing after all.

Well, the  driver. It was  supplied with the  device on a  3.5" floppy.
Fortunately I still have a few  USB floppy drives available. I will put
the file on my gopher.

Written on the Palm Tungsten W.