Thanks, all!
You have convinced me - the keyboard is in.
I have a USB keyboard set up with my pc (my wife is probably not going to be thrilled if I steal it for extended periods so I'm probably gonna have to get a second one). I'll be trying it out tonight.
Also, I'm on Lamia if anyone wants to kick around, though I'm still pretty low- level so I won't be terribly useful for a but....