Re: Dvorak keyboard an IIe? Possible?

[techren@eagle.ais.net (Edward Floden)]

In article <3hdh82$nud@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach) wrote:

> I've been using IIc's, IIc+'s, and IIgs's for a while and have switched 
> over to the Dvorak keyboard layout.  I recently started working with a 
> IIe and am getting really frustrated by the Qwerty hunt-and-peck.  Is 
> there any way to switch the IIe keyboard to Dvorak?--

It's possible; I had my IIe, vintage 1984, configured with a switch that
would let me toggle between Qwerty and Dvorak.

How did I do it?  I don't remember, and the IIe is packed in a box
somewhere deep in the garage.  I do remember that I found the instructions
in Jim Sather's "Understanding the Apple IIe".  I also remember that the
instructions were *wrong*, and that I perused the IIe schematics to
determine the correct wiring for the circuit.

But the Dvorak layout of the IIe isn't the "standard" Dvorak: three keys
are misplaced: the ?/, "', and ;:.  They swap positions.  Other than that,
the layout's good.  BTW, since I switched that IIe to Dvorak, I've been
typing that way: my next machine was the IIgs, followed by a Macintosh
SE/30, and now a PowerMacintosh 7100.  All using the Dvorak layout.  It's
great security, as anyone who tries to use my machine is quickly baffled
by the keys that don't produce the correct characters. :)

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