Re: Keyboard Madness!

[Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org (Scott Alfter)]

DON.HANSON@rook.wa.com (don hanson) wrote:
dh>True, he isn't describing the standard GS keyboard, but he is right on
dh>about the DOWNGRADE of moving from an Apple ][e keyboard, to a GS keyboard,
dh>or even an Apple extended keyboard.  The ][e keyboard is so noticably
dh>better, I almost never got comfortable with the "upgrade" to a GS.

You can have your cake and eat it too, though. :-) The true upgrade from a IIe
to a IIGS is to stick a GS motherboard (ROM 01 only) into a IIe case.  That's
what I did; my IIe keyboard (and even my IIe numeric keypad--the old 24-key
model that sits outside the case) work fine with the GS motherboard once you
add the appropriate connectors to their places on the board.  You can also add
a connector to the GS motherboard so that the IIe power supply plugs right in,
or you can hack a GS-compatible connector onto your IIe power supply's cable.

A IIe keyboard plugged into a IIGS motherboard is true nirvana. :-)

Scott Alfter
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