Re: GS Question #2: Keyboards

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <fmlinCG445B.6B6@netcom.com>
fmlin@netcom.com (Fist of Fury) writes:
> >I don't know about the el-cheapo keyboards supplied with the Classic
> >and LC, but they should work. 
> 
> Hey!!!!  It's not el-cheapo.  :-)

Well, it _looks_ like it is.  :-)

> I have it, it's called standard keyboard II.  Believe it or not, I
> actully like the layout very much.

To each his own.  I use PCs at work, so one of my primary requirements
was a keyboard layout which was almost exactly the same as the PC; I
chose the Apple Extended Keyboard.  The only difference in the layout
are the Return, Delete and Backslash keys.

> I wouldn't trade this keyboard for anything...

Ditto.  It is by far the keyboard with the best "feel" I've ever used
on a computer (I'm a touch-typist, so this is important to me).  I
found the original IIgs keyboard too soft and clicky.

> It doesn't work with Eric's KeyNotifier CDev though.  :-|

I haven't tried it with my keyboard yet - I already have a Caps Lock
light (ROM 3), and I see no need for the other functions - my hard
drive has a perfectly adequate access light.

> PCT's PC mode can use the functions, and the lights work in PC mode too! 

Ditto for me.
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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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