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#1 2008-05-12 4:21 pm

scotfl
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Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

Page 28, "The NumPad Plus".

This section discusses the details of the patent for the numeric keypad module of the Apple Adjustable Keyboard (Family Number: M1242). It includes a very clear sketch of the module. However the blurb ends with the statement: "This gadget was never produced".

The Apple Adjustable Keyboard was released in 1992 and sold for $119.

Apple Spec Page: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html … mp;coll=ap
Wikipedia Article (with picture): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Adjustable_Keyboard
TidBITS review: http://db.tidbits.com/article/2768

Heck, it was the keyboard that The Plague used in Hackers...

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#2 2008-05-14 10:12 am

decker
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Re: Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

Yeah, I noticed that too and sent them an email.

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#3 2008-05-14 4:59 pm

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Re: Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

http://www.farclip.com/hardware/images/Apple_AdjustableKeyboard-M1242.jpg

I used to have this keyboard. It is real.

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#4 2008-05-15 10:11 am

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Re: Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

It was my first split keyboard, and it was very, very sweet.


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#5 2008-05-16 3:00 pm

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Re: Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

Yikes - how embarrassing for the MacLife staff.


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#6 2008-07-12 7:38 am

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Re: Error in June 2008 issue (The Apple Adjustable Keyboard _did_ exist)

I was 8 when it was released, yet I still knew of its existence.


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