Re: IIgs Rom 01: Mac keyboards -- compatible??

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

In article <2vmr8d$kgp@apple.com>, Matt Ackeret <unknown@apple.com> wrote:

>	Actually, no, you can't use the Ergonomic keyboard ("the new 
>fancy ones that split up").  In other words, you can, but it won't work 
>very well or at all.. From what I remember, on ROM 1 it buffers up a bunch of
>characters and spits them all out at once (unpleasant), and on ROM 3 it doesn't
>work at all... Even on ROM 1 it had some other problems...  Someone was being
>a complete retard and didn't do testing on all machines that do ADB.  I keep
>forgetting to report this though.. I got a name out of someone when some
>other ADB problems (on Macs, at least) were being discussed locally.. like
>typing "top" fast was locking up their keyboard until they typed something
>else... 

The way I understand what I've read, the only machines that can use the 
Adjustable keyboard as is are powerMacs. 68000 types have to have special
software installed to use them, which is included with system software update
3.0. So that could help explain why no dice on IIgses with that keyboard.
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