Re: Can I plug a Mac keyboard into a IIGS?

[skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Stavros Robert Karatsoridis)]

Stavros Robert Karatsoridis (skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu) wrote:
: Michael McCormick (mtm4@rsvl.unisys.com) wrote:
: : Are all Mac keyboards IIgs compatible?  A friend of mine needs to replace his
: : IIgs keyboard asap.  I seem to recall that Macintosh uses the same ADB
: : architecture and pin-outs for its keyboard as the IIgs, although the mouse may
: : be different?...

: As a matter of fact, yes. They are.

: I'm using a IIgs with one of Apple's newest Macintosh keyboards (its 4th one!)
: and it works just fine. If your friend has a ROM 3, the little caps lock
: light will even work. If it is a ROM 01, then you can find a control panel
: device that will let it work.

: The keyboard is an AppleDesign Keyboard and it runs for about $75 (I think)

: Hope this helps!

: 	Stavros

As a followup to my own post, there are some third-party Mac keyboards which
will NOT work on a IIgs. I'm not sure which ones those are, though.

	Stavros