The IIGS keyboard is well-liked by those with smaller fingers, as the area on which the key can be pressed is somewhat smaller than other ADB keyboards. Try one before you buy one, if you can.
If you are interested in the feel of the keyboard, the extended keyboards (I and II), IIGS keyboard, and original ADB "short" keyboard are clicky in nature. The Apple Keyboard II (the newer short keyboard) is not clicky (and is downright mushy if you find one manufactured in Mexico...I recommend one from Malaysia instead). The AppleDesign keyboard (late 1990s ADB extended model) follows the same logic as the Keyboard II in terms of country of origin and feel.

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The short Apple Keyboard II, is this the one that came with the Classic and Classic II? If so I remember it well and even the power on button felt cheap

In junior high I had a Macintosh II and it had the original extended ADB keyboard (the one I should of bought)

I guess I will see just how good the original short ADB keyboard is

I have a Power Macintosh 8500 somewhere at work with the 2nd version of the extended keyboard (tear drop mouse era) and it types well and inst super loud, I was thinking of just snagging that but it wouldn't be historically correct

That certainly does make sense many of machines in the 80s were just the machine it self

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Yep, Apple was at the height of its greed with Jean-Louis Gassée and John Scully practically giddy with the prospect of charging ultra premiums since they believed they had the monopoly on the GUI.

Here's the proof the SE lacked a keyboard:

http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/ads/ads/macintosh/sespecs4.jpg

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This is pretty awesome, I've been looking for some older Mac marketing material, commercials and such

Actually I think what I am looking for is more of a terminal accessible BBS from the internet, not of the dial in type

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See sig ;-)

No games, no files... mostly inane chatter, but we likes it.

There's also Age of Reason at telnet://aor.retroarchive.org running on an Apple IIe; the RetroBBS (home of RetroChallenge) at telnet://lorance.no-ip.org and (for now at least) RetroBaud at telnet://retrobaud.dyndns.org

BTW, the IIgs keyboard is really nice IMHO, but there are many who disagree.

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Thanks, I will give that a try once I get it up and running