Re: The Apple IIGS ADB Keyboard Lives!

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

: The ADB connectors are a bit flimsy, but the IIGS keyboard layout
: is no smaller than the standard keyboard.  It is smaller because the
: border has been removed on all sides except the middle of the top
: (DataDesk is exclaiming that this design "saves 30% in desktop space").

It has those dinky keycaps and is too small. The original standard keyboard
has full size keycaps and is bigger. It has the same key layout as a IIgs
keyboard. You're thinking the standard II, which looks a lot like the IIgs 
keyboard but with bigger keys and the ctrl and caps lock keys switched.

: As for feel, I like it better than the new Apple Extended Keyboard
: (version I, not II) that I got for the IIGS.

I missed keystrokes a lot with it since it gives about the same feedback as
a PC Jr keyboard. You know you're typing on a solid keyboard when you use the 
original standard keyboard. It's far better. Since it's been out of production
for so long, the only copies you're likely to find now are extremely high
mileage with bad cases of sunburn. Too bad. Of course all ADB keyboards are
gonna become scarce since Apple supplies USB keyboards with new boxes. What
abominations they are too.
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