Keyboards that have you covered.
- Connect a USB keyboard to an Apple //e! Now works with Apple branded USB keyboards, or other keyboards with built-in hub. This board will connect a standard, modern USB keyboard to a classic Apple //e, via the //e's logic board keyboard connector.
- Apple II Plus keyboard repairreplacement. I picked up an Apple II+ recently and the machine is in pretty great condition except for the keyboard. Some of the keys stay in the pressed position, while others move fine but do not register a key press. With an '82 manufacture date, it is one of the later hardware revisions with the lower quality.
![Apple Ii Keyboard Apple Ii Keyboard](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zd44VTeggPI/maxresdefault.jpg)
The thriving industry for Apple II peripherals made up for this shortcoming, with various vendors supplying small plug-in circuit boards that fit under the keyboard, allowing display of lower-case on the screen (and sometimes direct entry of lower-case from the keyboard).
iPad keyboards provide a great typing experience and lightweight, durable protection for your iPad. And they attach to iPad magnetically — no need for switches, plugs, and pairing. Reeder 3 1 2 – rss reader download. The Magic Keyboard delivers even more with a floating design, backlit keys, and a built‑in trackpad.
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Magic Keyboard
The Magic Keyboard is an amazing companion for iPad Pro and iPad Air. It features a great typing experience, a trackpad that opens up new ways to work with iPadOS, a USB‑C port for pass‑through charging, and front and back protection. The Magic Keyboard features a floating cantilever design, allowing you to attach it magnetically and smoothly adjust it to the perfect viewing angle for you.
Compatible with
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (3rd and 4th generation)
- iPad Pro 11‑inch (1st and 2nd generation)
Comfortable typing
Full‑size, backlit keys and a scissor mechanism with 1 mm travel for quiet, responsive typing.Built‑in trackpad
Designed for Multi‑Touch gestures and the cursor in iPadOS.Floating cantilever design
Smooth angle adjustability delivers the perfect viewing angle.Front and back protection
Folds into a case to provide front and back protection for traveling.
Smart Keyboard Folio
The Smart Keyboard Folio is a full‑size keyboard when you need one, and it provides front and back protection when you don’t. Simply attach it and start typing.
Compatible with
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (3rd and 4th generation)
- iPad Pro 11‑inch (1st and 2nd generation)
Two viewing angles
Switch between two viewing angles ideal for whatever you’re doing.Front and back protection
Provides lightweight, front and back protection.
Smart Keyboard
The Smart Keyboard is a full‑size keyboard made for iPad. It delivers a comfortable typing experience wherever you are and converts into a slim, durable front cover when you’re on the go.
Compatible with
- iPad (7th and 8th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 10.5‑inch
Apple Ii Keyboard Schematic
Type or watch
Folding design enables different configurations for typing email messages or watching videos.Lightweight cover
Provides slim, durable front protection.
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The ultimate iPad experience.
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Delightfully capable. Surprisingly affordable.
Apple Magic 2 Keyboard
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Small in size. Big on capability.
Apple Keyboard Ii M0487
Keyboard switches for your regular or beige IIe
The Apple IIe keyboard has 5 kinds of switches that I know of, Alps long or short stem, or SMK long or short stem. Mitsumi long stem switches have also been confirmed(see last photo and last paragraph). Short stem switches used adapters or spacers to bring them up to a certain height. To remain on the same plane, broken switches should ideally be replace with like kind.
The first Apple //e's in 1983 (1982 motherboard) likely came with either of the two styles of short switches, or the Alps long switch. The //e's from 1985 (1984 motherboard) and up will likely have the SMK long switches and certainly from 1987 (1986 motherboard). Of course that depends on if it has it's original parts - someone may have replaced the entire keyboard.
Platinum //e keyboards use all black SMK switches and can be purchased here.
The easiest way to tell which switch you need is to remove a couple of different keycaps (to make sure that they all match in style). The stems on the switches are either round SMK (black or brown) or 3 sided Alps (usually cream colored). If there is a little spacer or adapter (black, brown, white or orange) left either on the switch or underneath the keycap, the switches are short.
SMK Brown stem switches with cream colored bases are low friction switches often used for the Spacebar and Shift keys. Tab, Control, Delete & Return may also use these.*There doesn’t seem to be any standardization on these switches even in Apple's own documentation. Some may have been replaced with black switches over time, and of course you can do that as well.
The Caps Lock switch, Reset switch and brown stem switches are sold separately. Caps Lock switches and many other parts come only 1 per keyboard, so supply is always very limited.
The keyboard power light, space bar spring, space bar stabilization bar, stabilization bar clips, and reset spring (Alps only) are available here.
Notes: Some Apple ][ and ][ Plus, Apple ///, Macintosh M0110 and Numeric Keypads may also use the Alps long or short stem switches.
Update: Mitsumi switches have been confirmed as yet another long stem switch on the Apple IIe. They look similar to the Alps long stem, but are white in color, and the stem has 4 sides '+' while the Alps is cream colored and the stem has only 3 sides. The Mitsumi switches were also used on the Macintosh Extended Keyboard M0110A.