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Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap

From scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap
Date 2014-10-09 16:08 +0000
Organization USS Voyager NCC-74656, Delta Quadrant
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In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1410090109590.18472@darkstar.example.org>,
Michael Black  <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, Scott Alfter wrote:
>
>> In article <9oNYv.88143$Em1.14168@fx10.iad>,
>> D.D. <usenet.xyzzyx@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>>> It'd also be fun to learn how to wire up my old much-loved Apple IIgs (Apple
>>> Desktop Bus) keyboard, but I suspect a PC or modern Mac wouldn't know how to
>>> react to the incoming data.
>>
>> Googling "adb usb adapter" turned up this:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-2001-ADB-iMate-Universal-adapter/dp/B000067V8L
>>
>> For the DIY approach, there's this:
>>
>> http://www.scotttherobot.com/?p=755
>>
>> I don't have a IIGS keyboard with which to test either of these, though, as
>> one computer is in a IIe case (and uses the IIe keyboard) and I have a
>> later-model (probably mid-'90s-vintage) keyboard for the other.
>>
>Macintosh adb keyboards work with the IIGS, though I recall someone giving 
>a qualifier so it may not be all Macintosh adb keyboards.

There are a handful that don't.  Apple made a split "ergonomic" keyboard at
one point; that is one of the ones that doesn't.

I'm pretty sure the OP was looking to connect an ADB keyboard (in his case,
the IIGS keyboard) to a new computer with USB, though.

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Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-04 22:38 +0000
  Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-10-05 00:47 -0700
    Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-05 13:01 +0000
    Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-10-05 12:38 -0600
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            Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap "D.D." <usenet.xyzzyx@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-07 01:21 -0700
              Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-08 18:40 +0000
                Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-09 01:10 -0400
                Re: Desktop PCs aren't going anywhere, despite the growth of phones and tablets - because they're cheap scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-09 16:08 +0000
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