1990 Apple extended keyboard II

I have the keyboard In question but I don’t have the connector and nor do I think the connector will work with my pc unless I’m able to get one that is a usb can anyone send me a link or does anyone know where I can get the connector for the keyboard

Posted on Mar 5, 2023 9:18 AM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2023 1:50 PM

Hi,


Allan Jones mentioned a converter. With a bit of luck, you may be able to locate a model that can be used with a modern (Windows?) PC. Try a web search for something like ADB-to-USB adapter. Just make sure that the adapter works with an ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) keyboard and a PC with a USB port.

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Mar 5, 2023 9:46 AM in response to Noah1733

The powered ADB to USB converter device that allowed the lovely M3510, or "Nimitz" keyboard to work with USB-only Macs started having issues with macOS 10.3 Panther and gave up completely with 10.4 Tiger. Even if you found one, it would only work with Macs running 1macOS 0.3 or older.


The issues were unexpected key repeats for known-good


I have five "Nimitz" boards and none work on any of our USB-only Macs, including a 2003 G4 MDD. So sad.

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