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bhtooefr:
Wait, the IIGS boards (IIRC, they were called the Apple Keyboard) were Alps switches?

Hmm.

What switches? Because my Apple Keyboard II is a mushy rubber dome, and my Apple Extended Keyboard II is blahtastic Alps creams.

xsphat:






One had fake Alps switches that sucked, but the others I've owned had pink and orange sliders. It was just called Apple Keyboard, the crappy one was called the Apple Desktop Bus keyboard. The pink and orange felt pretty close, but if I remember correctly, the pinks were linear and the orange were non-click tactile just like the blacks. This link has the model numbers on it.

bhtooefr:
Ah. Turns out, the Apple Desktop Bus Keyboard is the one I was interested in.

I'll just stick with my AEK2, then.

xsphat:

--- Quote from: bhtooefr;14810 ---Ah. Turns out, the Apple Desktop Bus Keyboard is the one I was interested in.

I'll just stick with my AEK2, then.
--- End quote ---


It's the best looking of the bunch, too bad it blows because of the switches.

xsphat:
The sh*tty switches looked like this:

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