MacEffects Apple IIe Keyboard Unboxing and Installation

A few weeks ago, I ordered a new keyboard for my Enhanced Apple IIe after randomly discovering such a thing existed.

Since I discovered I didn't have the fasteners to finish Part 3.2 of the PrintNC build video, I decided it would be fun to make an "unboxing" video for this keyboard. It's not cheap, but holy crap is it worth it!

You can find the keyboard here: https://maceffects.com/products/apple-iie-mechanical-keyboard

I guess I'm lucky they don't make replacement keyboards for the Apple II or II+, as there would be a VERY expensive shopping trip in my future. :)

The Apple IIe shown in this video is the same machine that I ran the Age of Reason BBS on in 2008. It was the very first telnet-accessible BBS that ran on a real Apple IIe. The software was GBBS Pro and featured a popular adventure game called Land of Spur, which was made popular on the local Tacoma, WA BBS, "Dura Europos". Dura Europos came back online in 2016 from the original system backups and can be found by opening a telnet connection to dura-bbs.net, port #6359. It appears that Trajan (the sysop) has ANSI & RIP graphics added, and it's still running GBBS Pro! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ki3oKpLqoo