Hello, >Those AEKIIs are great keyboards, aren’t they? I recently took the caps off >mine when I was >cleaning it, and only then realised that *they’re* of >differing >depths. >
Do you (or someone reading this) have a sideview picture of the keycaps? The "keycaps are of varying depths"-thing is a new one on me (at least, in conjunction with the AEK II) and I can't get to my own AEK IIs right now to start yanking keys off them in order to see what it is you're referring to. >I’d previously thought the switches were mounted at different heights. That >DIY >Dvorak must >be weird to type on! Maybe it's just me, but I'm puzzled as to why Apple didn't build the AEK II in such a way that keycaps of varying depths -weren't- required. Requiring keycaps of different depths must have complicated the manufacturing process for the keycaps quite a bit, what with at least 3 different key depths being necessary. I mean, the Apple Extended Keyboard was, more or less, Apple's answer to IBM's venerable Model M keyboard that sold with the Personal System/2 machines (which also came out in 1987). Yet the keycaps on the Model M are of exactly the same height and coverting a qwerty Model M to a Dvorak layout doesn't result in a "bumpy" keyboard: http://www.pigdog.org/model_m_retrofit.html Did Apple ever offer a Dvorak version of the AEK/AEKII? Or were Dvorak users never given a choice but to go the "bumpy" route if they wanted such a layout? Best, James Fraser -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
