Re: The Apple IIGS ADB Keyboard Lives!

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
>: The Apple IIGS ADB Keyboard was the world's first
>: ADB keyboard and still is the most beautiful.  We
>: all thought this keyboard died with the IIGS, but I've
>: recently discovered what REALLY happened to it.
>
>In this universe, the IIgs keyboard is a small, flimsy, hard to type on piece
>of junk. I mothballed mine seven years ago in favor of one of the last new 
>copies of the original standard keyboard to be had. That is hands down the
>best standard keyboard. The extended II is the best keyboard ever made.

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").

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