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From: jed@mb2c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Apple //e braindamaged keyboard
Message-ID: <138@mb2c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 22:19:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: mb2c.138
Posted: Thu Jun 16 22:19:55 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jun-83 00:13:22 EDT
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The most recent CALL-A.P.P.L.E. has a good comparison between the II and the //e
and refers to the N-key rollover of the older Apple-II and II+ machines.  I
own a Rev-1 Apple-II and can attest to the frustration of depressing 3 keys
and getting a fourth at no extra charge.  To quote from the article:

	...I also discovered that the electronics of the keyboard has
	been cleaned up.  On the old system I used my standard habit
	or rolling my fingers across ASDF to produce a test string.
	Being fast in this process, I always got ASDF2, that is no
	longer true.  In fact, the //e has the true N key rollover
	feature, e.g., if you are fast enough and have enough fingers
	you can press and hold down the A key, then press and hold down
	the B key, etc.  No matter how many keys you hold down, you
	always get the last key you hold down...

Not owning one, I can't personally attest to the quality of the rollover, but
it sounds good to me.

John Duncan (mb2c!jed)		Michigan Bell		(313) 424-0711