Re: Keyboard Madness!

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

don hanson (DON.HANSON@rook.wa.com) wrote:

: True, he isn't describing the standard GS keyboard, but he is right on about
: the DOWNGRADE of moving from an Apple ][e keyboard, to a GS keyboard, or even
: an Apple extended keyboard.  The ][e keyboard is so noticably better, I
: almost never got comfortable with the "upgrade" to a GS.  I have never seen
: any keyboard that had as good a feel as a ][e keyboard.  Somethings don't
: get better, just cheaper to assemble.

Hmm, I remember when I got my //e eleven and a half years ago (!) and a ][ plus
owning friend tried it out and told me the keyboard felt flimsy. Oh well.

My IIgs keyboard has been in my spare hardware pile since I shut down the bbs
which ran on the machine to which it was connected. There's also a standard
keyboard II in the spare pile. Unless you want an extended keyboard, there's
no beating the original standard keyboard like my IIgs has.
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