When I worked at an Apple repair centre we used to fix them by replacing the switches... Until the switch to cheap Chinese keyboards
Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Jun 2016, at 00:15, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 1 June 2016 at 20:57, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Cool. I didn't know about those early mechanical models. I didn't wake up >> to macs until about the Mac II days. I did have a friend with a IIGS. I >> remember playing the Bards' Tale series on there. So, I must have used it >> before. > > Yeah, I think all Apple keyboards /up until/ the Extended II had > keyswitches -- then they switched to cheaper ones, like most of the > industry. > >> I was disappointed that they didn't take the IIGS further as a hardware >> platform, but that's only because I loved my SNES (and yes, also my >> Genesis). IIRC, the IIGS has the same processor as a SNES with a 16bit >> bus, no? I like the design of the GS, too. > > Interesting -- I didn't know the SNES had a 65816! > > I've not touched a //GS since they were new, but yes, they were lovely > machines. Even if somewhat crippled -- they ran the 65816 at about > 2.something MHz, when even the early ones could do circa 10-12 MHz and > later ones 20-30MHz, AIUI. > > There are alleged technical reasons, but the main one, I think, and > the reason for the machine's demise, is that it just competed with the > Mac too much. > > The IIgs came out in 1986, the Mac II in 1987. So when the IIgs > shipped, there were no colour-capable Macs (and their sound wasn't > that impressive either). The IIgs looked like a plausible rival, and > could have been expanded into an Amiga-alike fairly readily -- and > thus threaten the still-new Macintosh. > > Damned shame, really. > > > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven > MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven > Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
