Re: Inexpensive Extended Keyboards for GS

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <skul.784602010@ctdnet>, STEVE LIM <skul@ctdnet.acns.nwu.edu> wrote:
>Leslie M. Barstow III <wdphoenix@delphi.com> writes:

>>I wanted so much to get an original Apple Extended Keyboard due to the
>>wonderful key response, but they took it off the market and replaced it with
>>an inferior model...

>Are you sure that the Apple Extended Keyboard II is off the market. I know tha
>the AppleDesign keyboard is inferior, but the Extended should still be
>available for power users. If not, the adjustable is a possibility--but does
>it need special software to run the function keys and the such. Note that you
>cannot get the volume controls or the recording keys unless there is a special
>patch for it.

The original extended keyboard was discontinued years ago. The extended II is
alive and well in the MacWarehouse catalog for $169. The adjustable will not
work with a IIgs no matter how many patches you try.
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Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
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