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

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shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes:

>Didja try the Appledesign extended keyboard? It's the one Apple sells with
>new machines. It's basically a low-budget version of the extended II. It goes
>for $89 or so mail order. BTW there are places that still list the extended
>II in their catalogs, but it goes for around $170. I figure that's why they
>were discontinued, Apple always asked an unholy price for 'em. There's always
>the secondhand market though, that's where I got the one I'm using on the ol'
>Quadra now, in like-new shape for $100.

I think the Extended Keyboard II is much better than the AppleDesign
keyboard, but it does cost more. Also, some AEK2s have a problem with T,O,
and space keys.  (about half of the ones I've used, including mine, do
strange things when you type certain words too fast, particularly those
containing T and O)


When buying a keyboard for the GS, one should always buy a keyboard made by
Apple Computer, unless one can take the keyboard home and test it with the
GS and return it if it doesn't work.  (Note that Apple's discontinued split
keyboard didn't work with the GS, but it was overpriced and hard to use
anyway.)

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