Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 21:24:00 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami), cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, cy@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD Run on This? Message-ID: <199612100524.VAA20842@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 10 Dec 96 14:24:47 %2B1030. <199612100354.OAA13043@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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>Satoshi Asami stands accused of saying:
>> * S3 card, and a Micro$oft keyboard, all in a 13 inch tower case.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> If this is the "Natural", swap this at all costs. It is the worst
>> keyboard in the world, but I won't bore you with the details (I can
>> write a 100-line message describing all the things that's bad about
>> it...).
>Oops, yes, concur! I bought one as an experiment; it was horrible
>(yes, I spent several weeks trying it out), and has only made my
>wrists worse 8(
>> Satoshi (sorry for the non-FreeBSD related message)
>Not at all; if we intend to survive to work on FreeBSD, extermination
>of those stupid keyboards is a must!
Well, if you're going to perpetuate it, I'm sorry but I have to chime
in.
Exterminate your own keyboard, because I happen to like them quite a
bit. I am a fast touch typist, and I find "standard" keyboards very
UNnatural, thank you very much.
Not my problem if you can't type on one. Keep your politics off my
keyboard.
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