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My last computer came with an AnyKey programmable keyboard. You could write small macro programs, which could be initiated by a single key stroke, a useful function for remembering names and numbers etc.
When I came to replace the Gateway I looked for a computer with a similar function but failed. My new PC has a Microsoft Internet keyboard on which you can modify the function of certain keys but it is not programmable. Any ideas?
Carl Shortman, Southampton
The AnyKey keyboard was only supplied with Gateway PCs in the early to mid 1990s and while popular they never went on open sale. Production has long since ceased and your best bet is to look for one on the auction site ebay (www.ebay.co.uk). There were a couple selling for less than pounds 25 last week. Alternatively, have a look at X Keys: it's an add-on keyboard that reproduces most of the AnyKeys functions. There's more information on the PI...