From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 18 13:08:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11827 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:08:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11816 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:08:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02844; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:10:43 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990119081042.A2734@caamora.com.au> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:10:42 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good keyboards Mail-Followup-To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990117003129.D26744@caamora.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Jamie Bowden on Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 11:53:48AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message