Re: People still use AppleIIs?

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dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr) wrote:

>Mr. Boffo (mister_boffo@hotmail.com) wrote:
>
>: If anything, I'd much prefer to just toss that "real IIgs
>: keyboard" and use one of the big Mac ADB keyboards instead. :)
>
>If you are just tossing real GS keyboards, why not toss one my way?  I
>personally like the real GS keyboard, and I was very happy to see that the
>Macintosh G3 tower still has an ADB port (or at least appears to have an
>ADB port) so that one can connect a GS keyboard and mouse.  The G3
>keyboard is a terrible design and the round mouse is even worse.
>
>Anyway, that's getting off the subject.  The thing about a GS keyboard is
>that it has something that almost NO modern keyboard has:  KEYSWITCHES. 
>I've spent entirely too many hours typing on mushy Wintel, Sun, and
>Macintosh/ADB keyboards.  It is so nice to go home to my GS with its real
>keyswitches that really have some action to them.

DataDesk, I believe, has an ADB keyboard based on the
Apple IIGS keyboard design.  Keyswitches, borderless,
shape, and sculpted low profile keys.  It looks exactly like
a IIGS keyboard except for two things.  They added some
function keys by including a top row.  They also color
coded the keys.

It is a "lite" extended keyboard and has supposedly won
awards for its space saving design.