Re: Which Extended Keyboard for the GS?

[cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)]

In article <2n71v9$mmp@news.iastate.edu>,
robert s. claney <txa84@isuvax.iastate.edu> wrote:
>In article <1994Mar26.100526.10466@pro-newton.cts.com>, danb@pro-newton.cts.com (Dan Brown) writes:
>>In <2n14n4$poq@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
>>nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>>
>>
>>        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.

The only other major difference I feel is worth noting is that thr reset
key is different. On the original, the key is just like any other key.
on the II, it's wider, flatter, and in my opinion, ugly looking :)
It disturbs the clean lines the original had. I have the original one,
and I like it better too. If I were ever in need of another one, I'll try
hard to find the old one.

>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?
>
>> ----------------------------------
>>Dan Brown, Sysop of pro-newton     Internet: danb@pro-newton.cts.com
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