Apple USB Keyboard

The Apple USB Keyboard is a keyboard peripheral that was developed and sold by Apple Computer.

Description
The keyboard was released and sold with the iMac in August 1998 and was the first from Apple to use USB instead of the Apple Desktop Bus. This became the new standard for all Macintosh models for the next two years. It was the first to use translucent plastics, first in Bondi Blue, then in a darker gray called "Graphite" for the Power Mac G4 line, and then for each of the five "fruit flavor" color variations of the iMac G3. It had a built-in retractable support leg. It also marked a return to the standard keyboard with integrated keypad with the enhanced cursor keys above the keypad. The keyboard had a power key on the top right side (implemented by shorting the D-line to ground), and was the last keyboard to have one. This keyboard can also be used with Windows PCs (although the power key has no functionality).

Versions
The Apple USB Keyboard is known to have been manufactured to Apple's specifications by Alps Electric and.