Macintosh SerialKeys



Please note the following restrictions to the operation

of SerialKeys for the Macintosh:



1.  The Macintosh version of SerialKeys requires the

Macintosh computer Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) hardware to

be present.  Therefore, it will not work with the very

early Macintosh computers, such as the original MAC

Plus, MAC 128, or MAC 512 computers.



2.  The Macintosh version of SerialKeys has been

written to utilize several new operating system

features offered by the Macintosh System 7.0 (or newer)

and therefore may not run properly, if at all, on

systems prior to System 7.0.



3.  The Macintosh version of SerialKeys should operate

on 68K as well as PowerPC Macintosh computers.



4.  The Macintosh version of SerialKeys has not been

tested on any of the Macintosh "clone" computers now

appearing on the market.



5.  The Macintosh version of SerialKeys requires an

unused serial port on your Macintosh computer.  This

can be either your modem or printer port.  If one of

these ports is not available, you will not be able to

run SerialKeys.  Note, sometimes these ports appear

available (e.g., nothing is plugged into them), yet

they are still being used.  For example, an internal

modem may tie up your modem port and/or AppleTalk can

tie up your printer port, even if cables are not

connected to the computer ports themselves.  Disabling

your internal modem software (usually a control panel)

and AppleTalk (usually under the Chooser) and rebooting

your Macintosh may free up these ports for use with

SerialKeys.



6.  If you wish to run Easy Access MouseKeys with

SerialKeys, you must start MouseKeys prior to starting

SerialKeys.  The latest version of Easy Access allows

you to have any of the access features automatically

turn on when your computer is powered on.  This option

provides a nice solution to the need for MouseKeys to

be on prior to starting SerialKeys, provided you wish

to use the two features together.  Please see the

readme file for more information on this.





If you meet these requirements, and SerialKeys will

still not run on your computer, the software should

provide some kind of error message.  Please contact us

with this information.





Mark E. Novak

Trace R&D Center

1500 Highland Avenue

Madison, WI  53705-2280

(608) 262-6966

(608) 262-8848 (fax)

(608) 263-5408 (tdd)



email: menovak@facstaff.wisc.edu