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[9:28:12 PM]

I finally emailed the folks who make the stowaway keyboard. I thought they were going to come out with a version that didn't need a stinking adaptor to work with the ipaq 3800. I guess I was smoking crack, because the reply was that they have no plans to make a keyboard that doesn't need the adaptor. Considering the HP-Compaq merger (debacle), that makes a lot of sense. Who knows if there will be an ipaq in six months.
So I went to the Office Depot nearest me to buy the keyboard with adaptor. These box stores freak me out. Zillions of things, scattered about without apparent rhyme or reason. I found where the keyboard would have been, had it been on display, but it wasn't there. Then I asked. Actually, I begged the cashier. She got -- apparently -- the manager, who was *very* helpful.
Not only did he have the stowaway, but also the new keyboard from Compaq. I guess I was still high on crack, because it didn't occur to me to think that there would be no driver for the Compaq keyboard. Instead, I was eager to try it out, knowing that the stowaway keyboard doesn't actually work on your lap. (It folds up, and the pda holder is completely unstable.)
He cut one open. (Compaq packages everything in huge, childproof plastic display modules. I presume they want to do their part to destroy the environment, being from Houston.)
Well, the compaq keyboard has miniature keys. Forget it. Forget it! The people who put out these 2/3 sized keyboards are higher on crack than I. Have you ever had to read email from someone using these stupid things? I once worked with a guy whose fingers were bigger than the keys on his laptop. Typing was a problem.
Anyway, I bought the stowaway keyboard, despite the adaptor. Then I upgraded to the newest kernel. It's supposed to let my ipaq charge while it's "turned off". That doesn't work. Neither does the keyboard. I found the instructions. They don't work on my handheld. Maybe another day. I'll try again. It's mostly a toy for me until the keyboard works.
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