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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: spremino on Thu, 02 June 2016, 17:35:02

Title: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: spremino on Thu, 02 June 2016, 17:35:02

The only picture that I have found of an Apple Extended Keyboard II with its LEDs turned on, shows LEDs of different colours.  Please see the fourth picture here: http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~cotter/projects/aek2/ (http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~cotter/projects/aek2/).  Is it really so?

Title: Re: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: chyros on Thu, 02 June 2016, 18:33:13

Neither of mine have that. In fact, I've never seen blue Alps lock lights before.

Title: Re: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: Mattr567 on Thu, 02 June 2016, 18:41:30

That looks to be a mod.

Title: Re: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: Touch_It on Thu, 02 June 2016, 21:36:06

Definitely a mod.  Standard green led lights is the norm. That mod looks pretty cool though.

Title: Re: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: spremino on Fri, 03 June 2016, 04:17:21

Quote from: Touch_It on Thu, 02 June 2016, 21:36:06

Definitely a mod.  Standard green led lights is the norm. That mod looks pretty cool though.

Besides cool, it seems useful as well (different colours for different functions).  I wonder why no keyboard manufacturer has thought yet about doing it as standard.

Title: Re: Does the Apple Extended Keyboard II have differently coloured LEDs?
Post by: chyros on Fri, 03 June 2016, 05:09:42

Green for bank lights, red for integrated ones. Although I have a yellow one as well. I have considered making a green-yellow-red bank of lock lights on a keyboard though xD .