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Offline sidewinder

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« on: Sun, 04 April 2010, 10:30:46 »
Hi~ All , long time no see ㅡㅡ;
i got Apple iigs (may be NIB..) a few days ago.
but i don't know what kind of switch it is(orange or pink)
because i did not receive the keyboard yet.
so i upload seller's photo.






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Offline kishy

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 04 April 2010, 10:55:36 »
Well, to be clear, IIGS is an actual computer.

Unless I'm mistaken that's an early ADB Macintosh keyboard, so a bit newer. I know a couple of the earlier ADB keyboards used Alps switch variants but that one probably doesn't (I remember reading something about that somewhere). If it does though it may be the same pink/salmonlike ones in the M0116 (just a guess).
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Offline Hak Foo

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 04 April 2010, 14:02:47 »
IIgs took ADB peripherals though.
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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 04 April 2010, 14:21:23 »
Quote from: Hak Foo;169498
IIgs took ADB peripherals though.


Oooo alright, I'm mistaken then.

So it genuinely could be a IIGS keyboard? *Looks at Wikipedia, feels dumb: that thing might as well be a Macintosh*
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Offline nraymond

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 05 April 2010, 11:48:35 »
Quote from: kishy;169477
Well, to be clear, IIGS is an actual computer.

Unless I'm mistaken that's an early ADB Macintosh keyboard, so a bit newer. I know a couple of the earlier ADB keyboards used Alps switch variants but that one probably doesn't (I remember reading something about that somewhere). If it does though it may be the same pink/salmonlike ones in the M0116 (just a guess).


That is an Apple IIgs keyboard in that picture.  Not only that, but the Apple IIgs was actually the first computer to ever go into production with ADB, making that keyboard the first ADB keyboard design (entering the market in September 1986).  Even though the Macintosh engineering group created ADB, it wasn't until March of 1987 that it debuted on any Macs, in particular the Macintosh SE and Macintosh II.  Those Macs used Apple Standard and Extended keyboards, which had more of a plastic border on them and were slightly different designs (all used Alps AFAIK).  The IIgs keyboard aesthetics match the IIgs - for instance the reduced span of the plastic at the top (with the ADB ports on the left and right) matches the width of the IIgs computer case so that when the IIgs keyboard is in front of it, it matches.
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Offline sidewinder

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 05 April 2010, 18:15:10 »
i asked seller for origin of keyboard  whether japan or taiwan before bid.
and i received the message => " origin is japan "
so i decided bidding ^^
i think partnumber is written "658-4081"

made in taiwan is not alps switch.
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