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Black NeXT Step ADB Keyboard on eBay
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Feb 22, 2004, 06:39 PM
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2789880996

It's a pretty neat keyboard. There are some largish pictures in the link.

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Feb 23, 2004, 05:05 PM
 
Originally posted by Zimmerman:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2789880996

It's a pretty neat keyboard. There are some largish pictures in the link.
Does it work in OS X ?
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Feb 23, 2004, 05:25 PM
 
Originally posted by bowwowman:
Does it work in OS X ?
Doesn't it just look like ADB, all the NeXT keyboards I had contained an extra pin or plug as I recall. Then again it's been years. Are you 100% sure it's ADB? Or does anyone else know did NeXT ship a compatable ADB keyboard at anypoint?
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Feb 23, 2004, 09:45 PM
 
If you have a Mac that:

#1) Has an ADB port (Blue and White G3 and older)

and

#2) Can run OSX

Then you can use this keyboard with it in OSX

And I dunno what this bullocks is about it not being a regular ADB keyboard because I grew up with this keyboard plugged into our Macintosh Centris 650. It certainly doesn't plug into the serial port, I can guarentee you that.

The fact that I've never seen or heard of another ADB NeXT keyboard makes this such an interesting piece of hardware. I'll try to get a pic of the ports.

Still have that Centris, actually. Damn fine machine. Runs 7.5.5 like a breeze but I rarely fire it up except to get a nostagia dose.

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iMate adapters should work in OS X with keyboards.
     
   
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