Old type IBM Keyboard usage with Apple

[Don.Key]

Hi,

Can a old style 102-key PC keyboard be a real replacement for the one from Apple?

I am an absolute fan of the "old school" IBM M-Type keyboards, the ones which also can be used as a weapon. (http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11067/subcatid/0/id/139767)

Recently I got a mini as a present (first Apple) and so far I can see that it works with it when connected via PS2->USB Adapter, I just wonder what about all those special keys found on Apple keyboards, can they be replicated by some special keytrokes?

Thanks

Don

 

[ryan42]

not an answer to your question but
IBM MODEL-M KEYBOARDS ROCK!

 

[dotdotdot]

Why do people like these?

Apple keyboards are by far the best I ever used - so much so that I purchased one with my own money for a Windows XP computer.

 

[Sun Baked]

Why do people like these?

Apple keyboards are by far the best I ever used - so much so that I purchased one with my own money for a Windows XP computer.

They like keyboards with tactile response, so they can feel the click.

I plugged in an old Apple ADB keyboard, and it was noisier than crap.

I'll take the newer quite keyboards -- heck you'd wake everybody up with the old keyboards at night.