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I really enjoy the original Apple Extended Keyboard II. I'll be honest that I haven't used an actual Model M, but it's got a wonderful feel and not so horribly loud that you'll disrupt the world.

Unfortunately I've found that I hit the key rollover limit while typing certain words. For the past year I've been using one of these: https://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=keyed_up_labs,te... — and while not perfect, I really do enjoy it.

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I think those have Alps key switches. I liked Apple's ADB keyboards as well, and I kept one even after moving a few times, in the hope that I could use it again some day.

I wonder if I could find a USB adapter for one. Microchip actually has an application note on talking ADB with a PIC, and there's probably an Inside Macintosh book on the subject, so if it came to it I think I could make one.

Apple Extended Keyboard 2's varied a lot, I had a few and some were a lot better than others. Their ADB sockets were also pretty sensitive, and then USB/ADB adapters got real flakey.

Then I moved to the Model M, and the AEK2s gathered dust in the garage after that.

(At one point, I had a Dell monitor, Microsoft Mouse, and IBM keyboard connected to a Graphite G4 tower.)

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