Re: People still use AppleIIs?

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

	Do you have any conact info for DataDesk?  Thanks!



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.

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