IIGS type keyboard available & wins awards

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Thanks for finding the web pages.  Now IIGS users can have
a IIGS style keyboard without the weak ADB port problems.

There is an INIT file available to enable the page editing keys
on the IIGS, by the way.

>Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:
>
>	Let me reply to my own query...  That keyboard is here:
>
>http://www.datadesktech.com/texttb.htm
>
>	...quite nice.  The main page for DataDesk is:
>
>http://www.datadesktech.com
>
>	...hmmm.  Do I need one?
>
>bp
>
>Supertimer wrote:
>> 
>> dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr) wrote:
>> 
>> >Mr. Boffo (mister_boffo@hotmail.com) wrote:
>> >
>> >: If anything, I'd much prefer to just toss that "real IIgs
>> >: keyboard" and use one of the big Mac ADB keyboards instead. :)
>> >
>> >If you are just tossing real GS keyboards, why not toss one my way?  I
>> >personally like the real GS keyboard, and I was very happy to see that the
>> >Macintosh G3 tower still has an ADB port (or at least appears to have an
>> >ADB port) so that one can connect a GS keyboard and mouse.  The G3
>> >keyboard is a terrible design and the round mouse is even worse.
>> >
>> >Anyway, that's getting off the subject.  The thing about a GS keyboard is
>> >that it has something that almost NO modern keyboard has:  KEYSWITCHES.
>> >I've spent entirely too many hours typing on mushy Wintel, Sun, and
>> >Macintosh/ADB keyboards.  It is so nice to go home to my GS with its real
>> >keyswitches that really have some action to them.
>> 
>> DataDesk, I believe, has an ADB keyboard based on the
>> Apple IIGS keyboard design.  Keyswitches, borderless,
>> shape, and sculpted low profile keys.  It looks exactly like
>> a IIGS keyboard except for two things.  They added some
>> function keys by including a top row.  They also color
>> coded the keys.
>> 
>> It is a "lite" extended keyboard and has supposedly won
>> awards for its space saving design.