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Title: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: 1391406 on Wed, 26 June 2013, 09:51:30

I don't recall ever seeing an Apple Design Keyboard that looks like this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BLACK-Apple-Mac-ADB-Keyboard-ADB-NEW-IN-BOX-/330944132094). I'm not about to pay $300+ BIN for an NIB version, but I'm assuming the color is rare:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-BLACK-Apple-Mac-ADB-Keyboard-ADB-NEW-IN-BOX-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/GkEAAMXQhpdRxOBg/$(KGrHqNHJFYFG99q-4lfBR)OBgENpw~~60_3.JPG)

Title: Re: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: Turbo Slaab on Wed, 26 June 2013, 09:54:50

That font is hideous. One more reason to hate apple. :))

Title: Re: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: 1391406 on Wed, 26 June 2013, 09:56:24

Same font as the Apple Extended's.

Title: Re: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 26 June 2013, 10:09:20

This is not definitive, but the Apple Design Keyboards that I have found with detachable cords have Alps-compatible PBT caps and the ones with fixed cords do not.

I do not see a note about how this one connects.

Title: Re: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: aggiejy on Wed, 26 June 2013, 13:12:06

Yeah, these weren't all that loved.  Wikipedia confirms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keyboard#AppleDesign_Keyboard_.28M2980.29):

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This was the first major redesign of the Apple keyboard, featuring more fluid, curving lines to match the look of the new Apple product style. It was an unpopular replacement for the Apple Extended Keyboard II in 1994. Significantly lighter than its predecessors, it had a much softer and quieter key interface that was unpopular with many typists. It also included only one ADB port for mice or other pointing devices, concealed on the underside, with the keyboard's cable permanently attached.[9] The Extended II had an ADB port on either side of the keyboard, allowing the keyboard cable or mouse to be attached to the side preferred by the user. This keyboard was also produced in black using the same model number (like the Apple Keyboard II before it), for inclusion with the black Performa 5420 released primarily in Europe, and the black Power Macintosh 5500 released in Asia.

Hard to beat the Extended II if you're talking about Apple Alps keyboards.

Edit: But... I do like the color! That is rare.

Title: Re: NIB Apple Design Keyboard (black)
Post by: samwisekoi on Wed, 26 June 2013, 16:35:24

The color is legit.  I recall the keyboard, and I think there was a product to match, but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.

I do remember it was a bold statement of non-beige.

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Apple Computer, Inc. 1989 - 1997