Re: Apple IIgs and the Mac512k Keyboard.

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <655hef$p7b$1@post.servtech.com>,
Mark Piazza <piazza@servtech.com> wrote:
>Does anyone know if there is any way of connecting a Mac512k keyboard (the
>funny phone jack shaped connector) to a IIgs?

   I suppose you should say "any *easy* way" to connect those. And the
answer to that is no-- pre-ADB Macs were off on their own oddball
world in this and other things like serial ports, thanks to Steve
"Insanely Incompatible" Jobs. If you happen to be a hardware designer,
and want to build your own circuitry to do the job of translating,
that's a harder way. Find an ADB mac keyboard, and most of those
should work.

>I read the FAQ, and the section about hardware, it mentioned other
>keyboards, but none that I have available.

   I'd advise you to acquire one that does work.

Nathan Mates
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