TCS,
The story from Novatech was that for some reason the cordless keyboards won't work if you use an adapter. Corded ones are fine, and they sell the adapters. You'd think they'd know. Well, maybe anyway.
"The ones that come with a new computer" That's another story. I was actually all set to do that. Then the company who I do a lot of work for, and whose database I need, said not to do that, because DOS won't work with Windows XP. So, after raging in fury about Bill Gates (aka God) decreeing that none of us should use DOS any more, I realised all I actually wanted was a new flat screen, a USB port or two, maybe a CD writer, etc etc. For what I need, my actual PC is fine. I'd just been scared to buy bits for it, as I'd never even set one up; this was my first PC, and it was delivered and set up for me, and virtually I'd never touched anything but the keys!!!!! Anyway, I've been replacing things, and all has been fine, and it saved me a lot of money. But it just never occurred to me that something like a connector for a keyboard would have changed in the last four years!!!