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Re: apple keyboard 2 (mackintosh)
"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Michael Black wrote:
>
>> Of course, if the keyboard is for the original Macintosh, or even the Mac
>> Plus, then it's not an ADB keyboard.
>
> But it was an ADB - an AKII.
>
>> And once you allow people asking about Macintoshes here, then you risk
>> opening a flood of such posts.
>
> Unlikely - there are plenty of eager self-appointed topic cops in the
> newsgroup. I've done it myself. Most people who are here by mistake get
> the clue, and there hasn't been any flagrant ongoing abuse.
>
> And the question he asked was just as applicable here as .mac - if he had
> not put "mackintosh" in the subject line, he probably wouldn't have gotten
> zinged.
>
> At least Linards was tactful, but some people are less so. Why not show
> people how friendly we are and invite them to learn more about the Apple
> II rather than breaking out the virtual tar and feathers.
>
Wasn't the "Mackintosh" a type of mac clone? Did it have it's own keyboard?
If so, this might be just be the right place to ask. After all, where else
could the OP find people knowledgeable with such antiquicated Apple
equipment?
Or it could be a typo.....
-Greg
> Just my opinion.