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by dsr_ 358 days ago
"Universal keyboard compatibility" -- bah!

I have working keyboards in my possession that this thing cannot connect to.

- No ADB port for a Mac keyboard

- No Sun Type 5 Mini-DIN

- No PS/2 port

- No PC keyboard port

- No Newton serial keyboard port

- No RJ11 for an LK-201

So much for universal.
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ciupicri 357 days ago
By PC keyboard port are you referring to AT? [1]

[1] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/pc-hardware-in/05960051...

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dsr_ 356 days ago
Yes, although I think that one of the keyboards I have is from an XT.
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TZubiri 358 days ago
I'd like to see that collection of keyboards

Do you have any interesting layout and language variations?

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dsr_ 357 days ago
Not really; I have pretty much the "standard" keyboard for each of a bunch of systems.

The most interesting thing about them is the range of variability in quality. Some of that is survivorship bias, but I think it's remarkable that the Newton MP2000's keyboard works at all -- as far as Apple products go, it looks like a product of the middle Mac age but feels like the worst membrane HP ever shipped with their bottom-range consumer PCs.

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