Re: Which Extended Keyboard for the GS?

[txa84@isuvax.iastate.edu (robert s. claney)]

In article <1994Mar26.100526.10466@pro-newton.cts.com>, danb@pro-newton.cts.com (Dan Brown) writes:
>In <2n14n4$poq@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
>nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>
>>   Apple Extended- No function keys, no inverted-T arrows, smaller &
>>cheaper. Control key is in the same row as asdf, etc.
>
>        BZZT!  The extended keyboard has F-keys, inverted-T arrows, and is
>about the same side as the E2.  Don't remember about the Control key.  I
>believe new price was the same.  Sounds like you're thinking of the Apple
>Keyboard, which was frequently sold with Mac SEs.

As an owner of the original Extended Keyboard, I can tell you that control is
in the same place on both the Extended and Extended II.  I personally like the
actual feel of the original Apple Extended Keyboard more than the AEK II (which
is what's on the Mac I'm typing on now.  The only disadvantage of my original
is that the angle isn't adjustable, & I like the angle it's at anyway, so
that's not a big deal to me.

>
>>   Apple Extended II - Fcn keys, inverted-T arrow keys, larger, and
>>more expensive (around $150 new). Control is in same row as spacebar.
>
>        BTW, both of these are available from Shreve Systems, according to
>GS+, for about $119.  The E2 adds a variable height adjustment and not much
>else.

Not that anyone probably cares, but I just noticed that the AEK II _doesn't_
have the "Undo Cut Copy Paste" labels under the first four function keys, but
the original does.

Personally, I'd suggest you try to get the original version, but who knows,
you might actually like the key feel of the II.  The keys don't seem to travel
as smoothly in the II for some reason.  Maybe they went to cheaper switches?

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