Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:31:29 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good keyboards Message-ID: <19990117003129.D26744@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990115154409.mikenguyen@sprintmail.com>; from Mike Nguyen on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:44:09PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901151310190.1028-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <XFMail.990115154409.mikenguyen@sprintmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:44:09PM -0600, Mike Nguyen wrote: > > On 15-Jan-99 Jason C. Wells uttered: > > On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > > >>has a very nice keyboard made by NMB, say 95% as good as the Sun Type 5, > > > > I really like very nice tactile reponse of Powerbook keyboards as well as > > the low profile of the keys. Looking for keyboards on the net yileds me > > nothing but cheapo crap. I also tried converting to dvorak but the few > > keyboards I tried had a curve profile so the keys could not be moved. > > > > Who makes good keyboards? Where can I get them? > > > My favorite keyboard of all time are the IBM 101-key keyboards (the heavy ones > with the click, not the cheap stuff they give you now). They are made by > Lexmark, I think. Still available on RS/6000s, at least. I collect them > whenever I can find a source, I have four, two I use at work, two I use at > home. They're not cheap, though -- they seem to go for around $50 used, > although I managed to snag a couple for free. They also last forever. and i thought i was the only one left .. well well. just goes to show what a good keyboard can do .. grin. regards jonathan ... keep the faith .. ibm rs6000 were good for someting, the pc/rt keyboard -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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