Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:10:42 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good keyboards Message-ID: <19990119081042.A2734@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.990118115031.25085A-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>; from Jamie Bowden on Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 11:53:48AM -0500 References: <19990117003129.D26744@caamora.com.au> <Pine.SGI.3.96.990118115031.25085A-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>
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On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 11:53:48AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: > 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. > > Nope, I'm typing this on an IBM PS/2 keyboard. I love these things. IBM > still sells them under the 'IBM Options' product line. Nice steep curve. > Wonderfully heavy, clicky keys...mmmmm. > "IBM Options" ... noted and diarised .. with thanks yes, they are a good keyboard, drats i was going to say someting else but its gone. must be to early in teh morning .. ummm regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== 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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