Twenty Years, One Keyboard

The first Mac I ever used was a SE/30. It was compact and tidy with an internal hard drive and ethernet port. Definitely an enviable machine in 1990. Connected to it was a forgettable mouse and an Apple Extended Keyboard II. That massive battleship of a keyboard was an homage to beige plastic, and laughably oversized for the Mac.

I loved it. So much so that I still use one today. In fact, it will have a place on my desk for as long as it works (and as long as Mac OS X continues to recognize it). Here’s why.

First is the sound.