Re: Apple IIgs Keyboard

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Uber <uber@wizvax.net> wrote:

>I need some info:
>
>1. Where can I buy a used IIGS keyboard and cable CHEAPER than
>   these $40-80 prices I see at commericial sites???

Use a Macintosh keyboard.  For $40, you can get a NEW
3rd party Mac keyboard.

>2. If I cannot get a keyboard anytime soon, what are the pinouts
>   of the Apple IIgs keyboard port?

Use a Macintosh keyboard.

>3. I hear that you can use old MacIntosh keyboards on a IIgs...
>   Is this true, and, what are the pinouts on the back of the
>   keyboard itself?

It is true, but not the OLDEST Macintosh keyboards.  The
keyboard must be Mac SE or newer.  That means that a
keyboard for a PowerMac you bought last year WILL work
on the IIgs BUT that if you think you can plug a Mac Plus
keyboard into a IIgs, you will be dissapointed.

The keyboards that use telephone cord plugs won't work.
The ones that use S-video type cables will.