[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Doing bizzare things to

newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Newton) (04/03/91)

If one were to take two of the standard (~85key, not 105 key) keyboards
and plug them both into the adb chain/slots (ie: parallel or serial),
would one be able to alternate characters between keyboards?

Alternately, does anyone know of any non-planar ( inverted-U, or 
`pyramid' shaped Mac (or, cringe, AT) keyboards?

Thanks,
- mike (newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu)

ajr3@quads.uchicago.edu (alain joel roy) (04/08/91)

In article <newton.670663340@gumby> newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Newton) writes:
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>If one were to take two of the standard (~85key, not 105 key) keyboards
>and plug them both into the adb chain/slots (ie: parallel or serial),
>would one be able to alternate characters between keyboards?
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Yes, you should be able to do this.  According to Inside Mac V:

"In the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE computers, the ADB is used 
to communicate with one or more keyboards, the moust and other
input devices."