Re: Original Apple II keyboard question

["Vince Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net>]

My keyboard is a single board with no separate encoder board and the power
light is slightly elevated. I don't believe there is a switch for
CTRL-RESET. It appears to be original but I'm used to seeing the other power
cap that is smaller at the top. I've always had II+ models until now. The
CPU is dated 79 so I'm assuming it is a later model.

Cheers,

Vince

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Replica I
The Apple I clone

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"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Vince Briel wrote:
> >> I recently acquired an original Apple II and I have a question about
the
> >> keyboard. Most original II's have a different keyboard than the II+
models
> >> and the difference is noticed at the power button. Mine looks like a
II+
> >> keyboard but it doesn't have a separate keyboard encoder board like on
the
> >> II+. Did Apple use a newer style keyboard toward the end of the
original II
> >> line in 1979?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Vince
>
>    A flat topped keycap will fit the Apple ][ keyboard, but like Wayne
said, it
> does stick up a bit, and not flush with the case.  Could be the original
power
> light cap was lost, and replaced with the newer style.  And the old
keyboard
> had a "grain of wheat" bulb, the ][+ had a bi-pin plug in style.
>
>   Apple's had so many different keyboard styles and rev's over the years.
The
> ][ and ][+ had the most.  They had one non-repairable version, and I
remember
> the stink it caused with us service guys.  Made the darned keyboards
disposable
> because of one bad keyswitch.
>
> Raymond