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- From: bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:16:52 GMT
- Subject: Re: Re: "Programmer's" keyboard?--THANKS!!
- Message-ID: <2210025@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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- References: <1993Jan17.003341.2370@news.cs.indiana.edu>
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- > The old "Apple Standard ADB Keyboard" or whatever is like that (ctrl
- > next to A, esc upper left, tilde next to spacebar I think, caps lock
- > on left lower corner). It was the non-Extended (no function keys or
- > T-cursor-pad) keyboard Apple sold until they came out with the funky
- > Keyboard II. You might be able to find one used somewhere.
- >
- > BTW, it has no height adjustment and is thicker than the keyboard II
- > (not a big problem). I like the feel of the older keyboard (more
- > crisp, less mooshy), plus the way it doesn't generate spurious
- > characters the way some of the KB II's do (try typing zero and 8
- > rapidly or at the same time on the KB II when in Keycaps and watch
- > the Delete key on the screen).
- >
- > Dan
- >
-
- This is a pretty accurate description of the KBD on the MAC II sitting
- beside me. Look in the back of MacUser for remarketing companies that
- could seel you one. I'd guess $60-$90 would be fair.
-
- ScottB
-