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Feb 17, 2015 11:36 AM in response to lazarusnineby stevena1,I've seen an 1987 Apple Keyboard (the first gen ADB) on eBay where someone soldered a USB port and replaced the ALPS chip and it could work on any generic USB driver. It's pretty cool, but I'll try to find a link to that.
The only way without replacing chips/soldering is to get Alphasmart ADB/USB adaptor as this is describing what you want it to do. (The Alphasmart device was very popular in schools back in the day, and ex Apple engineers started up that company hence the strong Apple connectivity.)
In fact it's probably cheaper than the iMate, probably $10 to 15 less than an iMate. I think people charge a real high premium on those. It beats the iMate, and all you do is plug the ADB to the keyboard (like the Alphasmart) and the USB to the USB port on the PC/Mac. No need for a separate ADB cable like in the case of the iMate.
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Feb 17, 2015 1:33 PM in response to lazarusnineby stevena1,Opps I stand corrected! (misread your post)
It is not technically possible to use a USB keyboard on a 68K mac. USB support is very limited on any OS prior to 8, and like I mentioned about the hacked ADB keyboard, maybe its possible to do the opposite. How, I'm not sure.