Re: Original Apple II keyboard question

["Vince Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net>]

Thanks Wayne, that's also what I have too.

Vince


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"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
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> Vince Briel wrote:
> > I recently acquired an original Apple II and I have a question about the
> > keyboard. Most original II's have a different keyboard than the II+
models
> > and the difference is noticed at the power button. Mine looks like a II+
> > keyboard but it doesn't have a separate keyboard encoder board like on
the
> > II+. Did Apple use a newer style keyboard toward the end of the original
II
> > line in 1979?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Vince
>
> If you mean a newer style as in having a keyboard encoder board then
> I don't think so. However I'm not sure how much overlap there was in
> production if any. I believe the change from II to II+ label came
> when the Rev 4 motherboard was in production as I have both a II and
> II+ with this same motherboard. They also sport the same keyboard
> which doesn't use a separate keyboard encoder. The power light on
> this board is flat like the later ones but instead of being fairly
> flush with the case protrudes a bit.
>
> Wayne
>