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New Mac User.. Keyboard question.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dehumanized" data-source="post: 543919" data-attributes="member: 42958"><p><strong>Try this</strong></p><p></p><p>I was given a Mac last week and it didn't come with a keyboard or a mouse, but I wanted to check it out so I boot it up and get an error message, "Sorry, a system error occurred ATM error type 119. To temporarily turn off extensions, restart and hold down the shift key."</p><p></p><p>So I didn't have a keyboard and couldn't do much.. Sense then I've acquired a usb keyboard and usb mouse. The mouse works fine, but the keyboard has a problem. (I tested the keyboard on this PC I'm using now, so it definitely works)</p><p></p><p>When I turn the Mac on with the keyboard plugged in, I get a flashing question mark inside a little floppy disc... And it never goes away, how ever if I unplug the keyboard, Mac starts up okay until OS 9's little blue bar reaches the halfway point before I get that ATM error. I have a Compaq keyboard Model # KU-9978 .. Is it possible that this keyboard is not compatible or something more severe? Typically, do Mac keyboard have a usb end or this strange looking port, ----> [__></p><p></p><p>I'm a newb to Macs so I'm pretty clueless about this, but I'm kinda stuck and am not able to do anything. . . No discs came with it, so... what do I do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dehumanized, post: 543919, member: 42958"] [b]Try this[/b] I was given a Mac last week and it didn't come with a keyboard or a mouse, but I wanted to check it out so I boot it up and get an error message, "Sorry, a system error occurred ATM error type 119. To temporarily turn off extensions, restart and hold down the shift key." So I didn't have a keyboard and couldn't do much.. Sense then I've acquired a usb keyboard and usb mouse. The mouse works fine, but the keyboard has a problem. (I tested the keyboard on this PC I'm using now, so it definitely works) When I turn the Mac on with the keyboard plugged in, I get a flashing question mark inside a little floppy disc... And it never goes away, how ever if I unplug the keyboard, Mac starts up okay until OS 9's little blue bar reaches the halfway point before I get that ATM error. I have a Compaq keyboard Model # KU-9978 .. Is it possible that this keyboard is not compatible or something more severe? Typically, do Mac keyboard have a usb end or this strange looking port, ----> [__> I'm a newb to Macs so I'm pretty clueless about this, but I'm kinda stuck and am not able to do anything. . . No discs came with it, so... what do I do? [/QUOTE]
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