Re: another ii gs question

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

doug holverson <dholvrsn@netins.net> wrote:

>Does an Apple II GS use a Mac keyboard

    Yes. In fact you could say it was the other way around, as the
Apple IIgs was the machine that introduced that Apple Desktop 
Bus interface and the very first ADB keyboard (it was developed
for the Macintosh, but was implemented first on the Apple II line).

    Most any ADB keyboards work on the IIgs, excluding that
one that splits in half I recall (and possible a small number of
others from third party companies).

> or does it use the keyboard with the
>"open" and "closed" apple keys?
>
>The one I'm using now has only one apple key and it's of the open variety.

    "Solid Apple" (or Closed Apple) was replaced by the Option key
when the Apple IIgs was introduced, and so ADB keyboards only
have one key with an Apple symbol. It's officially known as the
"Command" key on the Mac and IIgs, though I generally refer
to it as just the "Apple" key when discussing the Apple IIgs.

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca