On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:06 AM, James Fraser <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> It really is too bad that the prototype never made it to mass production.
>  One of the attractions of using the IIGS keyboard with a vintage machine is
> its small footprint.  And the Cassie would have made the footprint even
> smaller.  Alas, the consumers of the time apparently said "no" to a keyboard
> that was so thin and lightweight.
>

I'd argue that Apple's latest keyboards draw right from Cassie:

http://www.apple.com/keyboard/

Same minimalist philosophy, executed even better.

- Nate

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