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| Is this a Duo keyboard? | |
| Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-04 14:54:41 http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerBook-Keyboard-Replacement-New-D661-1652-/330580210533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf81db365 Mine needs a keyboard. This looks like it is for a Duo but...It looks light colored and the keys are all different. Could this be for a mac portable?  | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-02-04 17:13:30 The Key Matrix connections say: Duo The generally flimsy construction agrees. Portable KBD = full travel semi clickey key switches = not a chance The Color says: Paladin, but no Function Key Row and the retutn key is waaay too narrow. The return key says: very strange Searching says: Apple Part # D661-1652 APPLE GERMAN KEYBOARD jt says: go for it! :approve: | |
| Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-04 19:30:23 Got it! 😎 Thanks for the insight. The up and down arrows look easier to play games with than my current arrangement. My caps lock and shift key on the left side is dead. All the other keys are super plushy, much more than normal. The picture must just have some funky colors..The thing looks off-white. | |
| Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-04 19:41:57 My girlfriend just pointed out the difference between the German one and mine. Some of the letters are ass-backwards. I'm sure it will function just fine with the US keyboard setting...I hope :?: how often does one find a new Duo keyboard? Never! | |
| Posted by: naryasece on 2012-02-04 22:25:11 oh lemme check my stash of duo parts. i might have a spare keyboard from a 230 | |
Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-05 06:57:52oh lemme check my stash of duo parts. i might have a spare keyboard from a 230Hey thanks much for looking, but I just purchased this one. I'll post a pic after it arrives and is transplanted. | |
| Posted by: naryasece on 2012-02-05 09:39:36 Oh no worries then! Enjoy the new keyboard 🙂 Looking forward to the picts! | |
| Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2012-02-06 10:53:50 Alright, from the layout, that's definitely a German/Austrian keyboard. I wish I could find a US-QWERTY layout Apple keyboard that had the symbols instead of written words... (Shift, Caps Lock, Tab, Option, etc.) The color could just be a bad exposure: http://members.fortunecity.com/joseph_morgan_inc/images/i0122.jpg | |
| Posted by: naryasece on 2012-02-06 12:47:54 I seem to recall that the European keyboards had a much lighter gray color, more inline with the platinum color of the desktops and not the darker gray of the Duos | |
Posted by: nvdeynde on 2012-02-08 06:45:52oh lemme check my stash of duo parts. i might have a spare keyboard from a 230I'm interested in the Duo keyboard as long it's not a white German one and all the keys still work. I have one beyond repair in my Duo 250 with 2 broken traces in the connector wires. Nico | |
| Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-08 07:50:29 I guess those euro keyboards were a lot brighter than I thought. Still looks pretty interesting. Should be here in a few days. Too bad mine is junk, I'd give it away but it has dead keys too..   | |
Posted by: naryasece on 2012-02-08 10:17:58I'm interested in the Duo keyboard as long it's not a white German one and all the keys still work.You sir are in luck, I do have a spare keyboard that fully works. PM me your address so I can figure out shipping.  | |
| Posted by: FlyingToaster on 2012-02-08 10:44:42 Well the keyboard arrived sooner than expected. Probably less than half the keys work 🙁 I realized I might have a problem when I saw the keyboard looked used. Why would a used keyboard be in an Apple service box? Hmmm...It was a replaced one which should have been TOSSED! That's ok, let this be a lesson. Don't get fussy over a dead caps lock and look at the glass half full 🙂 back to the old  | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-02-08 11:47:08 Dead Caps Lock Key?!? 8-o That's not a half full glass . . . that's a case of fine wine with a side of Baccarat Crystal! :approve: I'm sure I've got a couple of extra spongeboards somewhere around here, even swap for the German KBD and some token trade for the other one, shipping's a wash! LMK 😉 | |
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