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//--- original message ------------------------------------------------------- > > Only IBM (or Lexmark) keyboards will function with a ThinkPad dock. There's a > hardware check run at startup that detects the presence of a clone and blows it > out. > > I'll post the exact details if anyone is really interested. FWIW I use a > standard 102-key UK, PS/2 keyboard with my dock. Now, something here can't be right: I am using a small no-name keyboard (model BTC-5100 Series, made in TAIWAN), and it works just fine on my Dock I. I don't know for sure, but I don't believe it is made by IBM or Lexmark. It was a very cheap keyboard ($25) that I bought at ComputerCity, but they haven't had it anymore for months (I was supposed to get some for friends in Germany, but no luck). The only thing that does not work is using the 'Fn' functions for turning off the display, going into suspend/hibernate, etc. (But I can just unplug it to use these, then plug it back in). > -- > Bill Donald donaldb@ecid.cig.mot.com > Documentation Group Tel: (44) 017 9350 0088 > Motorola ECID FAX: (44) 017 9354 1226 > Swindon, SN5 8YQ Home email: wkd@farnbell.demon.co.uk > Wilts. UK G7ENQ > _____________________________________________________________________ Dr. Peter Forster forster@ssnet.com 230 Steeplechase Circle Phone: (302) 239-6576 Wilmington, DE 19808 Fax: (302) 239-0772 _____________________________________________________________________