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	Podcast:		Simple Beep
	Episode:		e6 – Keyboards
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:25:37
	Publish Date:		2015-01-30 23:01:00
	Description:		Our first foray into Macintosh hardware, we examine a part of the Mac we often take for granted: the keyboard. We wind back the clock all the way to the Apple II to uncover all sorts of oddities including the BELL key, "open Apple", buckling springs, and chiclets galore. apple ][ keyboard Macintosh Keyboard (M0110) Apple Standard Keyboard Apple Standard Keyboard II Apple Extended Keyboard II AppleDesign Keyboard Apple USB Keyboard (iMac) Lombard bronze keyboard iBook keyboard Apple Pro Keyboard Apple Keyboard (2003) 12" PowerBook keyboard MacBook "chiclet" keyboard Links for this episode: The ADB era Apple ][, //c, //e BELL key Also notice there is a “BELL” key that is activated by typing “Control-G”. That’s another hold-over from old typewriters and teletype machines that actually did have a little metal bell in them! Logitech K760 solar bluetooth keyboard (discontinued) US English QWERTY layout ⌘ command key Univers font regular (original Macintosh) condensed oblique (many models) vi arrow keys Apple Desktop Bus PS/2 port buckling spring switch more info than you ever needed on the switches in the AEK II Gruber's eulogy for his AEK II (1992–2006) Griffin iMate (not Belkin!) Non-sponsor: Power Macintosh 9600 The USB era PowerBook G3 "Lombard" AirPort card VAG Rounded change in power key behavior in Mavericks Merlin Mann's disgusting keyboard (which was actually a Matias Tactile Pro) Dr. Drang on keyboards and numeric keypads Tontie flash game iPad Keyboard Dock discussed on Connected 24 (at about 2:10:00) Ed has long hated the iOS punctuation layout sometimes i wonder if the person who laid out punctuation input on the iphone has ever seen a qwerty keyboard — Ed Cormany (@ecormany) January 27, 2010 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus landscape keyboard features
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