Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 14:19:02 -0700 From: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> To: Eaglez <eaglez69@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboards w/no windows keys Message-ID: <17557.963177542@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Eaglez <eaglez69@yahoo.com> of "Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:56:55 PDT." <20000709205655.1835.qmail@web125.yahoomail.com>
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On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:56:55 PDT, Eaglez wrote: > >But for right now, is there a place >to get old 102 key keyboards, or anything really, for >$12 or so? Your best-bet may be to find a local computer junk shop and browse through their used keyboard collection. They may not all work so buy extras. Given how cheap new keyboards are, this probably isn't a good use of time or money. www.centralcomputers.com has some cheap new keyboards for ~$11-15 - other vendors may even have them cheaper. Just pop out the dreaded Windows key, or glue a custom label on top, say a drawing of a middle-finger, raised, in front of the logo. :) I currently use cheap PC keyboards and use X's xmodmap command to turn the caps-lock into a control key, and map the tilde/grave ~` key to escape if it is in the upper-left corner. I've also built a similar keyboard mapping for the console. That makes PC keyboards close enough to the Sun/Unix keyboards for me. >i think it'd >have been infinatly better if they'd just done cursors >like on the old macs, in one row or column. Personally, I prefer an inverted-"T" layout for cursor keys. I've kinda gotten used to using PageUp/PageDown as well. -- Parag Patel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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