Are PowerBook keyboards ADB?

[demik]

Hah! I love that the PCB was designed by Alps. I was expecting a © from Apple. Did Apple just throw the PowerBook keyboard at Alps and tell them to make it work?

Well they did that for desktop keyboards, and same thing with Logitech for trackballs…

 

[Arbee]

Thanks for the photo. Is the chip on this card one that is found in PowerBooks?

Probably a one-off chip. It has a Motorola logo so it's not the Mitsubishi keyboard microcontroller from the 1xx PowerBooks (or the Intel part used in detached ADB keyboards) and it's not PG&E (which is what reads the rows/columns in post-1xx PowerBooks) because that has 160 pins. There appears to be a 34x-xxxx Apple part number on it but the picture's not hi-res enough to read it.

 

[olePigeon]

Well they did that for desktop keyboards, and same thing with Logitech for trackballs…

Oh, right. And the trackpad was Alps Glidepoint, wasn't it?

 

[croissantking]

Hey! I have the same desk mat!