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weird keyboard layout
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dmccloud
macrumors 68040
Normally the French keyboard is the AZERTY layout instead of the QWERTY layout shown in that picture. Based off the shape of the return key, that is an ISO keyboard (the US ANSI keyboards have the rectangular return key instead). Here is where things get weird though - based off the information available at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201794, this could be multiple keyboards, although different factors contradict each other. For example, the Ü key being to the right of the P key is found on German/Austrian keyboards, but the number keys (specifically the key to the left of the 1 and 1-3 themselves) are in the British/Irish layout according to aforementioned web page. Also, the Euro symbol on the E key seems to be found on Hungarian keyboards, so I have no idea what this keyboard actually is...
curnalpanic
macrumors 6502a
Be very careful. A lot of posts about ebay scams where people lose their money. The fact that the seller doesn't know much about the machine (keyboard) makes me suspicious.
that's why I mentioned the context, maybe someone has actually seen a scam with this issue before - what bothered me first about that keyboard is it has 2 € signs and no minus/underscore key. it looks like a mashup: most keyboards I've seen on apple sites that have the Ü key also have a <> key next to the left shift instead of the ~ key. then again, I was thinking I may be too paranoid
iMacDragon
macrumors 68020
neo_cs193p
macrumors 6502
xraydoc
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Agreed. You'll never get a keyboard mode in the OS to match the keys that are on that keyboard. It's definitely a mashup of some kind.