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Offline knightjp

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Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« on: Sat, 15 December 2018, 06:32:56 »
I would like to get one of those 80s Apple Keyboards, specifically the M3501 or the M0116. But considering that they use the ADB ports; obviously I need an adapter. I just want to know what are the reviews of the ones mentioned in the title.

I need reviews because I live in Dubai truthfully something so geeky won't be easy to get over here. I need to rely on ebay purchases and I need to know which ones are worth spending the cash on.
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Re: Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 15 December 2018, 08:37:33 »
I have had a couple of Griffin iMates and they work well.
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Re: Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 22 November 2019, 23:12:51 »
(Yes, I realize this is an old thread, but someone else might come across it like I did, even if the OP has moved on.)

I just got a Tinkerboy ADB to USB adapter, which I'll say more about later. I don't have an Imate, so I can't compare them directly. However -- the Imate seems to be going for $100-$200 on eBay, vs. $37 (plus shipping) for the Tinkerboy; it's no longer made; and it's very bulky, compared to the Tinkerboy.
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Re: Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 23 November 2019, 09:46:41 »
I had to google it. That looks like a great little unit. If I was using old Apple gear regularly, it looks superior to the decades-old iMate.
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“No political truth is of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands .… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison, Federalist 47
“All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating of these in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government. An ELECTIVE DESPOTISM was not the government we fought for; but one .... in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.” — Thomas Jefferson, commentary on Federalist 48

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Re: Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 23 November 2019, 11:45:47 »
Wow, yeah the Tinkerboy adapter looks much sleeker than the ole Griffin iMate. Almost tempted to sell off my iMate, grab a Tinkerboy & pocket the difference LOL!
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Re: Tinkerboy vs Griffin Imate ADB To USB Adapter
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 24 November 2019, 14:06:19 »
Me too.

I will make anybody here a standing offer for a straight-up trade for a like-new iMate.
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“No political truth is of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands .… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison, Federalist 47
“All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating of these in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government. An ELECTIVE DESPOTISM was not the government we fought for; but one .... in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.” — Thomas Jefferson, commentary on Federalist 48
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