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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: Jaydoublem on Sat, 21 February 2009, 17:16:38

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: Jaydoublem on Sat, 21 February 2009, 17:16:38

http://cultofmac.com/retro-mac-hacker-puts-mini-inside-disk-drive/8381#more-8381

This would be a great combination with an AEK and the original Apple Mouse / Optical Mouse hack.

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: bhtooefr on Sun, 22 February 2009, 12:33:22

Only problem is, the AEK will look too new next to that thing...

Put a USB keyboard controller on an Apple //e's keyboard (which uses a key matrix, and even has Open Apple (Command) and Closed Apple (Option) keys,) though. Then it'll look right.

Even if the computer is actually in the floppy drive, not the computer itself. :p

All that leaves is adapting the Mini's output to composite, but that's not a problem. Hook it up to an Apple Color Composite Monitor for maximum win. :)

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: cmr on Mon, 23 February 2009, 15:54:37

I only use my AEK2 in Windows Vista. How's that for blasphemy?

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: bhtooefr on Mon, 23 February 2009, 23:07:30

Dude, the computer gods are waiting for a great time to smite you. :p

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: FKSSR on Fri, 06 March 2009, 12:35:00

I saw that retro hack a little while ago.  I'm not into macs, but I like the idea.  I thought of doing something similar with a windows machine, but I have to find the right hardware to do it.

Title: Your Apple Extended Keyboard's new best friend
Post by: bhtooefr on Fri, 06 March 2009, 14:04:28

A Nano-ITX board would probably do the trick...