Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:23:15 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: keyboard!! Message-ID: <20080731222315.GB26165@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20080731205731.GA56756@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080731203912.GA5364@thought.org> <20080731205731.GA56756@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:57:31PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:39:17PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > hi people, > > > > a friend gave me two of his old dell keyboards; one of which has > > worked pretty well. trouble is that is it very large-- std?? > > travel-time is just that much more since i am using only my > > left hand. Soooo: i'mm looking for a compact keyboard with > > built-in clicky keys. > > A company named Unicomp now manufactures the "IBM Model-M" keyboard with > the buckling springs (they acquired the patents from Lenovo); > http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/ > > Check out their spacesaver model: > http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104bl.html > > I'm thinking of orderding one myself, because I really liked the solid feel > of those old model-M keyboards. thanks forthe url's, roland. i'll fire up kmail and just-click on:-) [[ somebody--was it chess? YES-- mentioned clickykeyvoards.com. wow. i thought hitler was the most hated thing; i'll bet this clickykeyboard.com get lots of hate mail. ]] i'm old enough to remember *before* the ibm-selectric. i knew when i hit a key/spaacebar with those monsters! shook my desk. thanks to everybody! gary > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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