8 Feb
2021
8 Feb
'21
11:33 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Feb 2021, Erik E. Fair wrote:
The first Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) keyboard was for the
Apple IIgs:
https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus_Keyboard
and that lead to the same keyboard layout for the Mac II ADB keyboards (the
Mac 128K, Fat Mac, and Mac Plus did not use ADB for their keyboards):
https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_M0116
That was the last Apple keyboard with the Control and Escape keys in the
correct positions, particularly for those of us using Macs as terminals to
Unix systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keyboard (a reasonably full history).
I have an Apple Keyboard II, an M0487. The layout is kinda braindead,
though good enough for its purpose, given that I only have the Mac it's
connected to because I need a host for the //e card.
I prefer the actual //e layout. That's pretty close to the M layout, but
~` is on the bottom about where Left Windows is on modern keyboards, and
ESC, Ctrl and Caps Lock are where you guys would probably expect them. ;)
But I don't really mind Ctrl in the corners.
-uso.