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Article #32917Re: Plugging in ADB devices
From: Pierce T. Wetter
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1988 23:06
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1988 23:06
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>running. Both keyboards were Apple, although one was a IIGS keyboard (yes,
>they work fine) and one was the Mac "standard" ADB keyboard. Usually it
I nominally work for the guy who developed ADB, Mike Clark.
The difference between the IIGS keyboard and the SE keyboard is an inch
of plastic all the way around. Seems the marketing types didn'' think that the
little GS keyboard would sell well. Looks to much like a "toy".
The project to add the inch of plastic even had its own codename, which
escapes me at the moment.
Another Tidbit: He started working on the Mac II keyboard in 1984.
Pierce
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!oddjob!mimsy!dftsrv!ames!elroy!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!wetter From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Plugging in ADB devices Message-ID: <8219@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 5 Oct 88 23:06:09 GMT References: <60676@felix.UUCP> <526@poseidon.UUCP> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Pierce T. Wetter) Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 18