Re: MacIvory keyboard

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From: Rainer Joswig
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:00

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At 19:05 Uhr -0400 11.06.1999, Gary Palter wrote:
>At 2:17 PM -0400 6/11/99, <reti@wilson.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
> >    Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 02:11 EDT
> >    From: Peter Paine <p@abstractscience.freeserve.co.uk>
> >
> >    I seem to remember that there was a difference between the normal new
> >    Symbolics keyboard and the MacIvory compatible one (via ABD box).  Can
> >    anyone detail what that difference is?
> >
> >I don't think there was a difference.
>
>There were two flavors of the new Symbolics keyboard.  One had a LED for
>the Caps Lock key.

And for the Mode Lock key, too.

>  It's possible that the LED put the power consumption of
>the keyboard over the limit for an ADB device.  (I'm speaking from
>extremely vague memories, of course.)

This keyboard works fine on my Mac.


Rainer Joswig, "Lavielle" EDV Systemberatung GmbH & Co. KG, Lotharstrasse 2b,
D22041 Hamburg, Tel: +49 40 658088, Fax: +49 40 65808-202,
Email: joswig@lavielle.com , WWW: http://www.lavielle.de/

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