Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Keyboard Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 88 22:51:08 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: <5941@pyr.gatech.EDU> Now that all the rumors about the GS+ have exhausted themselves, I amn beginning wonder if Apple has ever considered redesigning the gs Keyboard? I'd like some input to this, as everyone has their own tasted for their fingers, but comparing sizes, the GS keyboard has a smaller surface area per key and a smaller and less-damped throw than the keyboard on the //c. I know Mac keyboards can be hooked up via ADB, but they seem to have all the problems that the GS board doesn't; i.e. "mushy" keys (they wiggle back and forth, too, raising the chance of pressing two keys at once). Worst of all, none of them from what I have seen are reconfigurable. The best keybaord I have ever used (apart from a selectric) is on the IBM-RT. It takes a little while, and feels mushy at first, but each key is well defined from its neighbors, doesn't wobble, has a click that can't be heard but can easily be felt (turn the speaker off though, it'll drive you nuts), and can be completely reconfigured to anything, function keys included, inclusing a swap feature. Too bad IBM isn't putting these things on their PS/2's; must be a completely different bunch of people from the old RT folks.... I would like this fall to bring some really Great keyboards to the Apple world. Up till now, the only thing Apple has produced that ever impressed my fingers was the old Mac Plus keyboard, and it was pretty stiff. Capt. Albatross jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu ============ disclaimer: These opinions are mine and will remain so until more intelligent or insightful or informed people are kind enough to show me the error of my ways. Remember: A mind is a terrible thing to baste.