The AppleDesign Keyboard is a versatile, ergonomically designed keyboard for use with the entire family of Macintosh personal computers. It includes 15 function keys, a numeric keypad, cursor arrow keys in a standard inverted T-style layout, and special screen-editing keys.
Designed for easy setup, the AppleDesign Keyboard features a standard Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) interface. So not only can it plug directly into any ADB port on your computer, it can also plug into another ADB peripheral, allowing for the daisy-chain connection of multiple ADB input devices.
The AppleDesign Keyboard is as convenient to use as it is to set up. It comes with adjustable feet, which let you position the keyboard at the angle most comfortable to you. And if you’re a DOS user, you’ll appreciate the AppleDesign Keyboard’s dual-legend keycaps, which represent some of the most common functions of the MS-DOS environment.
With its ease of setup, ANSI-standard layout, and adjustable angle, the AppleDesign Keyboard is the ideal keyboard solution–whether you’re working with personal productivity applications, running terminal emulation and data communications programs, or using alternate operating systems.
Features
Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) interface
• Plugs directly into any ADB port on your computer or another ADB peripheral
• Includes an attached ADB cable
ANSI layout
• Provides a layout that is consistent throughout the personal computer industry
• Allows you to use familiar key positions
• Meets U.S. standards for key position
Ergonomic design
• Lets you adjust the angle of the keyboard to fit your preferences
Built-in function keys
• Lets you take advantage of applications that support function keys
• Features dual-legend keycaps that represent some of the most common functions of the MS-DOS environment
Technical Specification
Keys
• Total of 105, including:
– 60-key alphanumeric keypad (47 printing keys)
– 18-key numeric keypad (16 printing keys)
– 4-key inverted T-style cursor-control keypad
– 15 programmable function keys
– 6 special screen-editing keys
– Escape key
– Power-on/Reset key
Dimensions
• Height (maximum): 1.6 in. (4.1 cm)
• Width: 18.7 in. (47.5 cm)
• Depth: 6.9 in. (17.5 cm)
• Weight: 2.7 lb. (1.2 kg)
• Keyboard angle:
– Maximum: ~ 12 degrees
– Minimum: 6 degrees
• Height of home row:1.2 in. (3.0 cm) (in the down position)
• Typical distance between keys: 0.75 in. (1.9 cm)
Other specifications
• Total key travel: ~ 4.5 cm
• Peak tactile force: > 0.75 N
• Keyswitch minimum life: 10 million cycles
• Connector: Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) 4-pin minicircular
• Indicators: Three LEDs
• Cable length: 6 ft. (1.8 m), attached
Power requirements
• LEDs on: 150 mA typical
Environmental requirements
• Storage temperature: –90° to 140° F (–40° to 60° C)
• Operating temperature: 50° to 104° F (10° to 40° C)
• Humidity: 95% maximum, noncondensing, typical
System requirements
• Any Apple personal computer with an ADB interface
Product details
• The keyboard has 15 function keys (F1–F15) and 6 special screen-editing keys (Home, Page Up, Page Down, Forward Delete, End, and Help)
• The function keys are operative with a Macintosh application that supports them, a remapping tool, or an MS-DOS application with the appropriate coprocessor card or software application
• Remapping tools are available for configuration of the function keys. Macros can be defined for specific applications or globally for all applications. See your authorized Apple representative for details regarding these macro utilities.
• The Caps Lock LED is operative in the Macintosh environment. The Num Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs are used by some third-party applications and in alternate operating systems.
