Re: Baby's first PC

[Justin <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Tony,

I'm pretty sure I saw a tiny wireless mouse in PC World (don't start!) the
other day. I think it was supposed to be for laptops. Not sure if it was RF
or
IR though.

Justin.

Quoting Tony Butler <lists@xxxxxxx>:

> Given the wealth of knowledge available here, I thought you guys might
be
> able
> to help.
>
> I want to put together a PC for my (nearly) 3 yr old boys and I'm
looking for
>
> suggestions/help.
>
> I am thinking of an EPIA based fanless system, since this will be a PC
in the
>
> main house and noise ain't nice.
>
> I was thinking about a touch screen, but will probably settle for
using
> a "spare" LCD screen and ideally a wireless keyboard and
mouse.
> I say "ideally" because what I would like is a small, child
sized mouse (I
> have
> seen one or two chorded ones only) and a child friendly keyboard - but
I'm
> not
> sure I can get them wireless.
>
> I would also like to be able to have two mice working at once and
possibly
> even
> two keyboards, to allow an adult to take control the PC as required
without
>
> having to wrest the mouse from the child's grasp (said child will be
> attempting
> to wrest the mouse from his brother's grasp as it is).
>
> That last line gets me thinking actually - might be nice if I could
have
> two "virtual" PC's running on the same box so that 1 pc, 2
monitors +
> keybords/mice means both children have a "PC each".  Though
it may be more
> expensive to do that than to just buy two separate boxes....
>
> Anyway, the control thing is the important bit for now - I have seen a
> small
> (chorded) mouse on Amazon which looks okay, but the only keyboard they
have
> is
> not a proper keyboard at all - it's an add-on for a normal one that
hides
> most
> of the buttons and is only really usable with the supplied software.
> I'm thinking really a board with bigger than normal keys and possibly
colour
>
> coding and maybe some of them (control type keys) not available.
>
> Is such a thing available?  Wireless?
>
> While I'm here, I guess some software recommendations would be nice -
I
> suppose
> drawing, counting, abc's at this stage....
>
> Although this is an OT post, I am breeding the automators of the
future, so
> in
> that sense, it is relevant :)
>
> cheers peeps,
>
>
> Tony