Editing Apple Standard Keyboard

{{infobox dkeyboard
| name         = Apple Keyboard
| image name   = Apple M0116 full.jpg
| pn           = M0116<br>M0118
| branding     = [[Apple]]
| manufacturer = [[Alps Electric]]?
| switch       = [[Alps SKCM Orange]]<br>[[Alps SKCM Salmon]]<br>[[Alps SKCM White]] (some Arabic models)<br>[[Alps SKCL Lock]]
| layouts      = 
| interface    = [[Apple Desktop Bus|ADB]]
| weight       = 
| years        = 1987—1990
| price        = $129 USD (1987)
| fcc          = BCG6LWM0117 (if present)
| switch mount = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| supersedes   = [[Apple M0110A]]
| precedes     = [[Apple Keyboard II]]
}}

The '''Apple Keyboard''' or '''Apple Standard Keyboard''' (to distinguish it from several other keyboards called "Apple Keyboard"), is a plate-mounted tactile [[Alps SKCM series]] keyboard from Apple.

==Description==
The keyboard was introduced with the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE, which did not come with a keyboard. Instead, buyers had the option of buying the "standard" keyboard, or the more expensive [[Apple Extended Keyboard]].

The Apple Standard Keyboard features two bidirectional [[Apple Desktop Bus|ADB]] ports that function either as upstream (to connect to the computer or another ADB device higher up the chain) or downstream (for connecting the mouse or downstream peripherals). The cable is detachable and connects to either ADB port, with the mouse normally connected to the other port. Right-handed people would typically use the right-hand ADB port for the mouse, and left-handed people would use the port on the left; the other port is used for the keyboard cable.

Normal keys use either [[Alps SKCM Orange]] or [[Alps SKCM Salmon|Salmon]] switches. The caps lock key uses an [[Alps SKCL Lock]] switch.

The [[keycap]]s are [[keycap printing|dye sublimated]] PBT (except the space bar, which is ABS), and have Apple's typical bottom-left [[legend]]s with italic type, in the font Univers Condensed Thin. 

==Variants==
;M0116
:The layout is identical to the [[Apple Desktop Bus Keyboard]]'s for the Apple IIGS. This is the last Macintosh keyboard to have a backwards L-shaped [[Return key]] (like the [[Apple M0110A|M0110A]]) and the only Macintosh keyboard to have a Control key in the position to the left of 'A' like keyboards for/on the [[Apple II]].
;M0118
:ISO with a narrow return key, but with a caps lock and control in their more common positions
:
:Two different labels have been spotted. Only keyboards with English layout have been spotted with an FCC ID on the label. The FCC ID and all (spotted) serial numbers end with "M0117", which would indicate that a M0117 model could exist or was planned.
:
:Arabic M0118, s/n AM035379M0117AB, spotted on US ebay April 25, 2021 with Alps SKCM white switches.

:All known M0118s were made in Ireland or the USA.
:
:Keyboards of both model numbers were offered with legends for different languages and regions.

==Gallery==
===M0116, Orange/Cream, US layout===
This appears to be an early example, from 1987. The switches have long white [[switchplate]]s and no Alps logo.

<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- top.jpg                       | Top
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- bottom.jpg                    | Bottom
File:Apple M0116 (orange) -- switch and keycap detail.jpg  | Switch and keycap detail
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- some keycaps removed.jpg      | Some keycaps removed
File:Apple M0116 (orange) -- skeleton.jpg                  | Internals
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- PCB.jpg                       | PCB
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- various.jpg                   | Various; the controller IC is dated 8718
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- switches.jpg                  | Switches
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- momentary switch 1.jpg        | Momentary switch, external
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- momentary switch 2.jpg        | Momentary switch, internal
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- alternate action switch 2.jpg | Alternate action switch, external
File:Apple M0116 (Orange) -- alternate action switch 1.jpg | Alternate action switch, internal
</gallery>

===M0116, Salmon/Grey, US layout===
Unfortunately dating evidence was not collected before this keyboard was sold on.
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Apple M0116 full.jpg                 | Full keyboard with detachable, coiled cable
File:Apple M0116 Alps switches.jpg        | Salmon or orange main switches, plus [[Alps lock]]
File:Apple M0116 switch details.jpg       | Salmon Alps disassembly
File:Apple M0116 power button.jpg         | Power button is a sideways-mounted Alps switch
File:Apple M0116 circuit board.jpg        | PCB and ADB sub-boards; the PCB is Alps-branded
File:Apple M0116 ADB socket board.jpg     | Detail of one of the bidirectional ADB boards
File:Apple M0116 Caps Lock disengaged.jpg | [[Alps SKCL Lock]] switch in disengaged (open) state
File:Apple M0116 Caps Lock engaged.jpg    | Alps lock switch in engaged (closed) state
</gallery>

===M0118, Salmon===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Apple M0118.jpg         | Top (angled)
File:Apple M0118 top.jpg     | Top
File:Apple M0118 Return.jpg  | The return key's switch and stabilizing shaft
File:Apple M0118 bottom.jpg  | Bottom, with label; not all labels have an FCC ID.
</gallery>

===M0118 Finnish/Swedish layout===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:M0118 FinSwe Bottom.jpg | Bottom of the Finnish/Swedish model
</gallery>

===M0117AB Arabic layout===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:M0117AB.jpg | Arabic model
File:M0117AB switch.jpg | M0117AB with bare Alps switch
File:M0117AB bottom label.jpg | Bottom label of the Arabic model
File:M0117AB box label.jpg | Box label of the Arabic model
</gallery>


==See also==
*[[Apple Extended Keyboard]] — the full-size alternative option

==External links==
*KBTalking — [http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/6412 ■鍵盤史的遺跡Apple M0116 ALPS原生橘軸■] — orange Alps version, with cream lock switch (alps.tw mistakenly refers to this as the [[Apple Extended Keyboard]])
*[http://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/11150-apple-keyboard-m0118 Apple keyboard M0118] on SweClockers.com. In Swedish, but with good images.

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