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The apple keys were on Apple /// and Apple //e keyboards, before the gs or ADB. It's 'open apple' because there was also a filled-in 'closed apple' http://www.

by glurgh 13y ago

The apple keys were on Apple /// and Apple //e keyboards, before the gs or ADB. It's 'open apple' because there was also a filled-in 'closed apple' http://www.rhod.fr/images/apple3/apple3-01.jpg http://www.rhod.fr/images/apple3/apple3-01.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Apple_IIe.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Apple_IIe...

yuhong 13y ago
Yea, that was why the Apple logo was added to the ADB keyboards. The Apple IIgs had to be compatible with the IIe.
- henderson101 13y ago
  Yuhong is correct, Mac 128 era keyboards have no Control key. Weird. Option also hay the word and no logo. Command is just the clover, no text.
  - yuhong 13y ago
    I believe the addition of the Control key was for the same reason.
  - glurgh 13y ago
    Those don't have arrow keys, they're pretty fascist keyboards. Part of the motivation is to discourage programmers from writing text based interfaces for the Mac.