Do you guys (with multiple machines) stock extra keyboards and mice?

[Unknown_K]

I was wondering if you fellow collectors/hoarders have enough keyboards and mice for your whole collection (and maybe spares) or just use a couple depending on which machine you are playing with?

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Right now I only have one ADB set and one spare USB set. I do want to get another ADB set though.

 

[tanuki65]

I have one ADB keyboard and one ADB mouse, that came with a Mac SE.

ADB computers I have:

• Mac SE (dual 1.44MB floppy drives)
• Mac IIci (160MB hard drive)
• PowerBook 1400cs/166 (my newest addition!) (1.3GB hard drive)

 

[SuperToaster]

I don't have any ADB keyboards or mice (should really get around to that) but I do have the matching keyboards and mice for my 2 iMac G3s and my Power Mac G4

 

[techknight]

Well consider this: the prices of keyboards/mice are starting to go up quite a bit. So anyone without them, or without spares, should consider getting one. 

 

[uniserver]

or invest in one of these PS/2 to Mac Adaptors. https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/20171-ps2-keyboard-on-mac-plus/

 

[Macdrone]

I have bags of keyboards and mice. I have been lucky enough to seem to get 2 of each with every Mac I ever received.

Functionality may be in question but I am am set until I die I'm guessing.

 

[snuci]

I try to have a keyboard, mouse and monitor for each computer I have.  Sometimes it's hard to figure out what keyboard is accurate for the model with Apple products.  I also try to get a period terminal for earlier computers. I really like complete systems.

 

[3583Bytes]

I always try for a full set, I may be 1 keyboard short.  Need more bags through

 

[Elfen]

I have 1 mouse and 1 keyboard for most of my machines. The only thing is that I do not have KBs & Mice for duplicate machines. Like my LC pile - 4 LCs but 1 KB & Mouse. The SE\30 has its own KB & mouse, and the the IIcx/ci/ has their KB & Mouse but the duplicate IIci's and 1 space IIcx don't.

 

[techknight]

I wish I was that fortunate. I have random keybs/mice, couple keyboards are good. rest are super yellowed/cracked/dead, and a couple good mice. the rest are missing balls, or dont ride well. 

I did manage to pick up a non-yellowed AEKII for 10 bucks at the hamfest. 

 

[Unknown_K]

Well I was out grilling and digging (in the garage) for my ADB drawing tablet and found a couple of boxes of ADB keyboards and mice I forgot about. I have a few cleaned and in the basement lab but mostly I use ADB KVMs.

Just wondering if people are just using a couple machines at a time so they slack on keeping enough keyboards and mice.

I should clean up the rest of them sooner or later.

 

[unity]

I have one set I use to test machines, work on em, etc.

I have a bunch of 128k/512k but these are specific to each machine (date codes). As for ADB keyboards, those I have very few of relative to machines. ADB mice on the other hand, a whole box full.

 

[jhorvath911]

I have enough for setting up 10-15 machines but would need at least double that to have a set for each.

 

[Byrd]

Box of about ten keyboard and mice under the house - various kinds of pre-ADB and ADB.  Tend to keep Extended Keyboard IIs here, not so much the first Extended model.

 

[Schmoburger]

I have an entire cupboard full of them... Not sure I have enough for every single one of the 50ish Mac's I own, but certainly enough for every one that I would be using concurrently and then plenty left over.

 

[Juliet Elysa]

Eventually I want to have all the iMac G3s, with a matching keyboard and mouse. So far I have a complete bondi set (with two keyboards, though one's unusable junk) and my indigo iMac, but I can't remember if I still have a matching keyboard and know I don't have a matching mouse. If prices are going up, though, I may go into cat mode and start hunting for mice and keyboards even before I have the iMac to match.

Since the hockey puck mice are way too small for my hands I want to bundle them up like a flower bouquet and hang them from the ceiling or something in my computer room.

 

[bibilit]

I have  few of them, but not as much as my collection of machines, mostly because i am runing out of space and there are few differences.

I have square and round mice, and a set of keyboards.

 

[galgot]

Have two Al usb keyboards, a iMacG3 plastic one , and a MacClassic ADB.

Mice…. Many Usual teardrop ADB shape : 2 beiges, 2 black, 1 grey. 1 squared shape ADB for the Classic.

1 wired Mighty mouse, 1 Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, 1 MacPro black/transparent, 2 usb iMacG3 round .

1 ADB non-Apple two-buttons mouse, can't remember the brand. And 1 ADB two-buttons NeXT , the strange shape one, work great on old Mac but I wish the squarish shape one was ADB...

And maybe 6 or 5 usb mice of various brands.

I collect Apple laptops, so don't know if I'm allowed to speak here  but seldom use trackpads...