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Keywiz MAX vs. I-Pac2
USSEnterprise:
I thought KeyWiz MAX has a keyboard passthrough?
DreamWeb:
Tiger-Heli,
Apparently the wait time for the flash is -significantly- lessened if you're running Win98. Under WinXP, I find that it does take between 10-12 seconds.
d.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: DreamWeb on August 05, 2005, 10:32:02 pm ---Apparently the wait time for the flash is -significantly- lessened if you're running Win98. Under WinXP, I find that it does take between 10-12 seconds..
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This is true. As stated above, the Uploader software uses Windows system calls to do it's magic. Starting with Win2K, the pertinent system calls changed and are slower than the ones used in 98SE.
This is also mentioned in the documentation for the software.
RandyT
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on August 05, 2005, 09:53:33 pm ---I thought KeyWiz MAX has a keyboard passthrough?
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The pass-thru is not active or automatic. Meaning that you have to flip a switch to select between the keyboard and the encoder sending keys to the PC.
IMHO, if I have to plan how to mount the encoder so that the switch is always accessible, I could just as easily plan things so the motherboard rear ports are accessible and swap it there.
I ended up covering over the passthru port on my KeyWiz (which also prevents anyone from accidentally plugging the computer cable up to it) and haven't missed it at all. (And I suspect it's not missed on the Eco's either.)
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: DreamWeb on August 05, 2005, 10:32:02 pm ---Tiger-Heli,
Apparently the wait time for the flash is -significantly- lessened if you're running Win98. Under WinXP, I find that it does take between 10-12 seconds.
d.
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I really wasn't doubting you on the 10-12 seconds, although I can't verify it myself. I estimate my wait time under 98SE at 3-5 seconds. KevSteele posted in his review that the wait time under XP was less than 20 seconds, but I don't think he ran a stopwatch. RandyT has unofficially said that the wait time under XP might be twice as long as under 98SE, which if you take the high side of my numbers and the low side of yours would be about right.
I have more questions on the less than 1 second claimed time for the WinIPAC IPD, although I have no way (or reason) to dispute that either.