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From: dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: More info on the new Macs
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Date: 18 Oct 90 22:10:41 GMT
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In article <15317@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>, dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
> [posting about the LC keyboard omitted]
>
> Yech, this sounds really nasty.  The membrane keyboards I have seen in
> the past were flat surfaces, totally unsuitable for touch typists.  Is
> that the case here, or does it have reals keys, with the membrane
> underneath, done well enough so you can actually type on the thing?

This is EXACTLY the reaction I was sure this would have.  It got
the same reaction when it was said in a meeting of engineers.
It is NOT a "membrane" keyboard - what it is is a KEYBOARD based
on membrane technology.  It has REAL keys, and a feel that I actually like
better than the standard Apple keyboard.  The membrane makes the keyboard
cheaper to produce because it doesn't have 100 little switches.

> What is meant by "small keyboard"?  If it just means I don't have a
> lot of function keys, I can live with that.  If it means I'm going to
> have to scrunch my fingers together, they can take it and...well,
> never mind.

Look at an Apple IIgs keyboard.  Just about the same size.  Keysize
is the same (or awfully darn close) to the standard Apple keyboard.

When you see it in a dealer, give it a try, I think you'll like it.

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