Re: IIGS extended keyboard

[Jeanne Chappell <momkat@primenet.com>]

dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:
>garyt@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
>: I have an old GS that upgraded from a IIe, consequently I can't access 
>: the sticky-mouse keys options.  I am a quadreplegic (wheelchair type).  I 
>: would like to know if I can bypass the installed keyboard and hookup an 
>: extended 101 keyboard.  For these functions to work I need the "clear" 
>: key on the numeric side.

>That means you should have an ADB port on the back of the case.  If you've
>got a mouse plugged into a little round four-pin connector, that's the one
>you want.  If that is the case (and I believe it is...), then you can
>connect any IIgs-compatible keyboard into that port.
>
>I don't know whether an ADB keyboard and your ][e keyboard can co-exist,
>but if they cannot, it is a fairly simple matter to disconnect the
>internal ribbon connector leading to the ][e keyboard.

The ADB keyboard and the //e keyboard can co-exist.  You can switch from using the 
one to the other - no problem.

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