That's a good point. I will stop worrying that I should have gone for the blank option.
Yes, I *thought* I could touch type. I can on my MS Natural. On this TE, it's error-prone to say the least. My biggest problem is the location of the SHIFT key. I keep hitting CTRL + LETTER and ending up with italics or similar!
I've looked into whether to buy the USB-PS/2 Converter mentioned earlier, but am worried that the ageing Adder SV4 KVM I am using won't pass through all of the information from the peripherals. I don't know if there is any information that might not be passed through from the keyboard? Presumably all scan codes should get through? But I'm wondering if the extra keys on the USB mouse, when converted would be dropped by the KVM. My reason for suspecting this is that as fancier mice became available with more than three buttons, those functions didn't pass through the KVM. The KVM seems to only recognise Left, Middle, Right and Scroll on any mouse connected to it.
So, even though it's a huge investment, I'm thinking of replacing my KVM with an
Adder AV4 Pro VGA. This includes their True Emulation technology and so additional HID features should work. The cost is about £230 + VAT, but I'd be saving the £70 I'd have to pay for the Converter listed above.