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In article <1992Aug2.005045.518@liveware.com> todd@liveware.com writes:
>I have seen this sucker first hand about a month ago.  It is about
>the weight of a // GS keyboard (remember those?) and kinda looks
>like it also.  As for the cmd bar it exists just where it is
>stated, and I can't imagine who was thinking of this one?  Can
>you?
>
>But what got me was the mouse.  man what a mistake!!!  It looks
>a little like a shuttle cock (whatever those things are called
>in badminton).  It kinda looks like a hybrid of this and a bat actually.
>Well, it is another big mistake.  Boy, you would think that
>NeXT would just quit messing around with experiments and
>go with the 'JACK keyboard'  ;').

Oh, boy.  Here we go again.  People have all sorts of varying and opposing, but
always strong, opinions about keyboards and mice.  Makes sense; these are our
most intimate connections with a computer.  How many MB of postings about
keyboards and mice are we going to have to read?  I'm not trying to discourage
anyone from posting, just please include something in the Subject or Keywords
line so those of us who are more interested in other things can filter them
out.

It's a no-win situation for NeXT.  The best they can do is offer something very
standard, uncontroversial, unexciting, etc. and provide a standard pinout (some
sort of Apple spec has been mentioned).  Then those who are unhappy with the
NeXT offering can buy a 3rd-party solution.  But I guess NeXT needs to remove
non-standard controls for power, sound, and screen brightness from the keyboard
if existing 3rd-party keyboards are going to work.  I like these controls on
the keyboard, so maybe there's no good answer.  I doubt the NeXT market is
large enough for NeXT-specific 3rd-party keyboards to be produced.  Oh, well...
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