Re: People still use AppleIIs?

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

	I dunno.  I've always quite liked the IIgs keyboard, for some reason. 
I am tempted to get an extra one and use it on my blue&white G3 400 from
time to time.  (Still has that legacy ADB port.)

bp

"Mr. Boffo" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 05 Jan 2000 04:31:44 +0000, Matt Jensen <no@spam.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >After reading this post, I'm shocked that *I* didn't write it.  My work
> >machine is a dual Pentium III, though.  Other than that, everything fits
> >my situation perfectly.
> >
> >I have bought about 5 IIgs systems.  Using the best parts of each, I now
> >have a ROM 3 in a pretty decent case, a real IIgs keyboard
> [..]
> 
> Heh, I can't say I'm too impressed with your having a "real
> IIgs keyboard" because if I recall correctly, the original
> IIgs keyboard had a rather poor design. At the high school I
> attended, over time a lot of those real IIgs keyboards kept
> developing intermittent failures.
> 
> The ADB connectors in the corners kept breaking because they
> were held in place only by the solder joints and there was
> no "stress relief" for them when people plugged and unplugged
> the cables.
> 
> If anything, I'd much prefer to just toss that "real IIgs
> keyboard" and use one of the big Mac ADB keyboards instead. :)
> 
> -Mr. Boffo
> 
> Email: mister_boffo@hotmail.com

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