Macintosh Portable keyboards / keypad

snuci · 17 Mar 2017, 22:59

Here's the distinct Macintosh Portable keyboards I have that are on my Macintosh Portables. One of them had the mouse replaced with a keypad (they were interchangeable). The other thing you could do with the keyboard is swap the keyboard/mouse and have the mouse (or keypad) on the left instead of on the right. Very cool design.

Here are the pics of the three distinct ones I have (A, B and C). Note all three keyboards have different color switches

: Mac Portable C B A - keyswitch profile; Mac Portable C B A - keyswitch profile .JPG (315.01 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

Macintosh Portable A

: Mac Portable A - keyboard and keypad; Mac Portable A - keyboard and keypad.JPG (265.49 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable A - keyboard profile; Mac Portable A - keyboard profile.JPG (296.41 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable A - Caps Lock; Mac Portable A - Caps Lock.JPG (266.99 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable A - keypad; Mac Portable A - keypad.JPG (274.63 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac portable A - keyboard rear; Mac portable A - keyboard rear.JPG (367.22 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable A - keypad rear; Mac Portable A - keypad rear.JPG (228.39 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

Macintosh Portable B

: Mac Portable B - keyboard; Mac Portable B - keyboard.JPG (257.23 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable B - keyboard rear; Mac Portable B - keyboard rear.JPG (376.95 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable B - key switches; Mac Portable B - key switches.JPG (228.66 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable B - key switches profile; Mac Portable B - key switches profile.JPG (228.08 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable B - Caps Lock; Mac Portable B - Caps Lock.JPG (253.9 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

Macintosh Portable C

: Mac Portable C - keyboard; Mac Portable C - keyboard.JPG (284.36 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable C - keyboard rear; Mac Portable C - keyboard rear.JPG (355.04 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable C - keyswitches; Mac Portable C - keyswitches.JPG (252.19 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable C - Caps Lock; Mac Portable C - Caps Lock.JPG (282.8 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

: Mac Portable C B A - key switches; Mac Portable C B A - key switches.JPG (275.94 KiB) Viewed 4238 times

seebart · 17 Mar 2017, 23:20

Ha, its the Apple Alps palette. Very nice. Those orange sliders look more orange than the ones in my Wang 725-3770, possibly just your pics.

Mattr567 · 17 Mar 2017, 23:48

So the Portable followed the same path as the AEK's, neat

darkholypl · 17 Mar 2017, 23:51

From very light salmon to orange, nice. Do they feel any different tho? I'm guessing it's the same switch, just more colouring in the platic?

Norman_ · 18 Mar 2017, 00:42

Wow. that orange is really rich

Daniel Beardsmore · 18 Mar 2017, 00:48

darkholypl wrote: From very light salmon to orange, nice. Do they feel any different tho? I'm guessing it's the same switch, just more colouring in the platic?

Three different switches. The cream one I'm guessing is cream damped, as regular cream is a paler, less saturated shade.

Interestingly the machine came out in 1989, the year everything changed.

alh84001 · 18 Mar 2017, 01:50

What is the keycap profile? Regular apple or something else?

taylorswiftttttt · 18 Mar 2017, 03:42

removed

mike52787 · 18 Mar 2017, 04:36

Considering I just bought one of these, this is very valuable info, thanks! Fingers crossed for oranges.

Engicoder · 20 Mar 2017, 00:30

Great photos! I like your stacked/staggered pictures showing the three different switch types in one shot.