Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:50:02 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good keyboards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901171420530.16266-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <19990117003129.D26744@caamora.com.au>
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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, jonathan michaels wrote: > 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 $50 used, > > although I managed to snag a couple for free. They also last forever. > > and i thought i was the only one left .. well well. just goes to show what a > good keyboard can do .. grin. > > regards > > jonathan I also like the old IBM keyboards. I have here a Tandy 101-Key keyboard which is very similar to the IBM ones, and I love it. For the past two years, I've been using a M$ Natural keyboard (hey, I got it free... and its the original, not the newer smaller-footprint ones, which I cannot stand to use). After using this thing, I can't stand to use any non-ergonomic keyboard. The tactile response isn't quite like that of the IBM or Tandy keyboards, but it isn't bad and at least its a lot quieter. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) ( http://www.freebsd.org ) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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