Re: Replacement keyboard for IIgs P/N C 658-4081

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: If the keyboard II you looked at was a replica of the IIgs keyboard, I'd
: like to know where you saw it!  Look closer...Apple has fallen victim to
: the PC bug that scrambles all the keys, particularly the CONTROL and CAPS
: LOCK keys, sometimes ESCAPE as well.  For what it is worth, CONTROL
: belongs on the third row right next to the "A", while Caps Lock belongs in
: the lower left-hand corner.  That's where Apple put it on the ][e and
: IIgs; that's where Sun puts it on the Sparc.  But that's NOT where you'll
: find those keys on a current Mac keyboard or on a "standard" Pee Cee keyboard.

If you want a keyboard like the IIgs normal keyboard, try the original standard
keyboard. I got one in '92, one of the last ones available new. Now you'd have
to try to find a used one. Its layout is the same as the IIgs keyboard, but
the keys are bigger and the feel is much better. The standard keyboard II
feels rubbery when you type on it and has the Mac style layout the Apple II
crowd hates. The original standard is model # M0116, in case you want to go
hunting for one.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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