Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Nguyen <mikenguyen@sprintmail.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Subject: RE: Good keyboards Message-ID: <XFMail.990115154409.mikenguyen@sprintmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901151310190.1028-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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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.
Mike.
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