Re: My favorite keyboard (was Re: Incompetant user stories...)

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)]

kh55250@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kyle Hasselbacher) writes:
>enf1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer) writes:

>>Keyboards deserve to be a religious issue.  I will cling to the keyboard
>>that came with my Apple IIgs until it croaks because: 1) the Control,
>>Esc, and Caps Lock keys are in the "right" place; 2) the arrow keys
>>are where I expect to find them (and in the correct left, right, down,
>>up order); 3) it has an excellent feel, unlike the mushy things Apple
>>sells now; 4) it doesn't suffer from the O-key bug that the Extended
>>keyboards do.

> I love my Apple IIgs keyboard too for all the reasons mentioned
>above plus it fits nicely in my lap.  The ADB connectors were never too
>sturdy, though.  After moving my machine back and forth between home and
>school for a few years, the connection is getting a little shakey.  Do they
>still sell these keyboards?

Mine had that problem.  Got really, REALLY flakey until I found out the
problem from comp.sys.apple2: the connector is held in place only by
solder.  So I took it to the campus computer store for repair, and they
wanted to charge me a huge amount of money just to determine the
problem.  As I already knew the problem, I asked if I could get the
problem I've already diagnosed repaired, bypassing the inspection.  They
were apparently confused by this, so I got them to give the actual
repair person a call.  A quick trip got me my keyboard fixed for a
couple dollars.

Now I'm very protective of those ports on the keyboard, as well as the
keyboard as a whole.  Really wish Apple made that split keyboard with
the II key layout, as I may need it soon.

>Kyle Hasselbacher|	Goodwill is achieved by many actions;
>khassel@uiuc.edu |		it can be lost by one.

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