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Re: Keyswitches: II / Mac compatibility
- Subject: Re: Keyswitches: II / Mac compatibility
- From: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)
- Date: 21 Feb 2003 03:31:43 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <b2rqtm$a17$2@nunki.unm.edu>
- Reply-to: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:27648
Stephen E Buggie (buggie@aix06.unm.edu) writes:
> I just finished a long overdue mass-repair of IIe/IIc keyboards: 61
> keyboards arrived, 50 repaired to perfect working order.
>
> Has anyone successfully transplanted keyswitches from Macintosh keyboards
> to Apple II? Mac keyboards are now cheap at thrift stores. Are the
> innards made by the Japanese company, ALPS, which matches the newer IIe,
> newer IIc/IIC+, and IIgs keyboards?
>
I don't know. It would be simple enough to open them up and compare.
The keyswitches from an Apple III were identical to the keyswitches
in the Mac Plus. That doesn't really say anything, but perhaps it
is a trend.
Michael