Re: Possible to adapt a //e keyboard to PC?

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Scott Alfter (salfter@salfter.dyndns.org) wrote:
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: In article <f%uBb.18835$3Eb1.12608@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
: Tim Haynes <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
: >I would be ecstatic if I could adapt a IIgs keyboard for use by a PC.  This
: >must be possible - ADB to PS2??

: If I'm not mistaken, ADB-to-USB adapters are available.  They're intended
: for hooking ADB keyboards and mice to newer Macs, but as long as it shows up
: to the computer as an HID and not as something weird, it should work with
: anything that'd take a USB keyboard.

On a related note...

If I used one of those ADB-USB adapters, would I need to do anything
special to make it work with OS-X?  I hate having to type on my Mac.  It's
not just that the CONTROL key is in the wrong place, it's that the
gigantic Macintosh keyboard is GARBAGE compared to the IIgs keyboard
attached to my IIgs...!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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