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I don't have a Lisa keyboard and they're
quite rare and expensive but here's what
it looked like it was quite large and
clunky although not really any wider
than a modern Apple keyboard so this is
the original Macintosh keyboard it's
kind of tall and notice that it has no
arrow keys no function keys and no
number pad apparently Steve Jobs
believed that everyone would use the
mouse for everything except typing it
uses an rj11 type connector similar to a
phone cord the mouse actually had its
own separate connector and did not
connect to the keyboard at all this is
about as basic as it gets can plug my
telephone into it for some reason so one
thing I noticed about this is that there
are no indicators on where to put the
fingers there's an echo over the
keyboard echo before it's not real
springy or anything it does have a
metallic kind of a noise to it but this
is the Apple desktop bus keyboard as the
name suggests this was the first
keyboard to use the new connector type
which allowed many devices such as a
mouse to daisy-chain off the keyboard
this bus can actually be used with a
convertor like this one to allow these
older keyboards and mice to work on
modern USB systems this keyboard was
originally introduced with the Apple two
gs the keys themselves have a
resemblance to the Apple 2 C keyboard
this is a favorite among collectors and
also uses old fashioned mechanical
switches like this this is also the
first keyboard to include the power
button the caps lock is in an odd place
most likely following the design of the
Apple 2e series this also includes the
strange arrow key arrangement that was
also standard on the Apple 2e I know
this sounds weird but I think I like the
way it sounds
I do like how the key travel is a little
little shallow through
space part I don't like this at all he's
not even popped back up I do like the
little the little locator tabs on D and
K we're back to the weird arrow
configuration we're back to the big
mysterious button this keyboard I like
the Argonaut XR real good I like the
feel of the keys I like the shape so
this is Apple's second adb keyboard it's
a bit larger than the original it still
has the large power button and it still
has the crazy arrow keys and the caps
lock is still in a weird place it also
has no adjustable feet on it and like
the last version it has two ADB ports
one goes to the computer and the other
goes to a mouse one of the first things
I noticed is the space bar is a little
shorter this is okay I could I could
live with this but again the arrow I
couldn't live with that the first thing
I noticed is definitely there I would
never be able to play Tetris like that I
also see that caps lock has been moved
down here still locking us good like the
caps link is down here and control is
there oh how strange is that it's like
switched I do like what I would call the
inter plate that's kind of cool kind of
easy to hit
so this is what came out next and it's a
little more refined it still has a power
button the Escape key is in a bizarre
place but at least the caps lock is
finally in the normal place also it
finally has adjustable feet on the
bottom this is Apple's first keyboard to
use the membrane style mechanism rather
than individual mechanical switches so
the keys feel and sound very different
and as always it has an ADB connector on
each side unfortunately it still had the
strange arrow keys yep same thing with
this above the caps off isn't it that's
kind of cool kind of brings back some
memories makes me want to go out and buy
one not too crazy about the horizontal
arrows that would make all that
difficult to navigate the only thing
with this keyboard these are a little
mushy you don't quite know when you
pressed it very heavy very clunky the
arrow keys are I tried to do that
without looking I would definitely mess
that up
okay so this is a bit of an unusual
keyboard it opens up to form an
ergonomic keyboard the arrow keys are
somewhat better but still out of place
this is also the first Apple keyboard to
come with volume controls on it notice a
smaller power button and it still has no
function keys and a weird Escape key the
caps lock finally went to a light-up
style and you do get adjustable feet as
usual you can connect the mouse to the
keyboard or optionally you can connect
this extra keypad that came with a
keyboard and then the mouse connects to
the keypad and finally you do get an
inverted T arrow key arrangement and
believe it or not all of these little
buttons are the function keys and I have
no idea what the purpose is behind this
little plastic cover that comes off and
the keypad also has adjustable feet so
monstrosity I think this one's supposed
to split apart you don't see anything
like this very often I think I would be
gonna hang myself with my belt if I had
to use this I like this keyboard because
of its novelty not surprisingly I can
use it yeah I was going to say I can use
it like this but I still don't even if
this didn't split apart like this the
action that's pretty bad
I like the way the Keys feel and that's
the escape key this sort of switched up
their arrows a little bit you got up and
down the correct place but your
side-to-side are sort of off
okay so this was Apple's more
professional style keyboard it looks a
lot like an IBM style keyboard from that
time period it has a proper arrow key
arrangement and maybe the only Apple
keyboard ever to have print screen and
scroll lock buttons it has a power
button and the caps lock is in the right
place but the light is up at the top
like a PC keyboard this is also probably
the first Apple keyboard with a
permanently attached cable notice it has
this cable management system on the back
so that you can move the cable to one
side or the other also the cable is
unusually long measuring out to about
six and a half feet the mouse actually
attaches to a weird hidden compartment
on the bottom of the keyboard and it
also has adjustable feet I have no clue
what that's for
okay versety for the arrows everything
you'd want on it
it is big though very big I could
actually type on this one again I don't
like the noise but I could at least use
it but I like the arrows being like that
mm-hmm that's normal
hey guys it's David I hope you guys have
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part two coming up real soon I'm going
to be starting with the first Apple USB
keyboard and I think it's gonna get
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