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Re: Keyboard conversion project? IIGS portable ideas
- Subject: Re: Keyboard conversion project? IIGS portable ideas
- From: "Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:40:24 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: RoadRunner - West
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No, the switch for the CAPS LOCK is not a locking type.
"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.spamless.net> wrote in message
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>
> Bryan Villados wrote:
> > Y'know, I just thought of something after reading Glenn's comments. If
you
> > had an Apple IIGS logic board with the IIe keyboard connector, you could
> > pretty much ditch the ADB idea and instead try to make an Apple IIe
keyboard
> > out of the Toshiba keyboard. I would imagine the IIe keyboard is a lot
> > simpler than the IIGS keyboard, in that I believe the keyboard
controller
> > for the IIe keyboard is on the IIgs logic board itself. I could be
wrong,
> > though. :P
>
> The IIe keyboard is definitely much simpler. All there is on the IIe
> keyboard is key switches and two resistors. There's also a light bulb
> but that's really optional.
> Does that keyboard have a locking Caps Lock? If it doesn't that could
> turn into a major annoyance at times.
>
> Wayne
>