Re: IIGS Casing Styles

[scraft@trident.usacs.rutgers.edu (Steve Craft)]

A-flamings...

>>Apple's recent keyboards are crap when compared to the IIe keyboard...
>>not only do they put Ctrl and Caps Lock in the wrong places (and
>>provide no means to move them back), but they also have an annoyingly
>>mushy feel and make practically no clicking noise.
>
>I know this is a religious issue and all, but I really can't stand the
>IIe keyboard.  The Extended II sucks also; the best keyboard Apple made
>was the original Extended.  For specifics, the IIe requires too much
>key travel and is

Actually, the best ][ keyboard wasn't made on a ][.  The Franklin Ace
2200 had the best tactile feel, sound, etc.  Was a bit sensitive, becuz
if you let a joystick cable drape across it the keys would register.  Also
has function keys (programmable but I never figured out how they did it),
logically placed arrow keys, an ALT key, etc.  Basically it was a good
MSDOS clone keyboard.  One of these days I'm gonna buy my 2200 back...

I gotta agree that Apple keyboards bite.  I'm using one now from a
Classic II (my GS one died) and I still hit ^-OA-~ or <ESC> to backspace.

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