From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 15 13:44:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18565 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:44:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com ([144.68.7.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18546 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:44:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from miker@hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com) Received: (from miker@localhost) by hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04017; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:44:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mikenguyen@sprintmail.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Nguyen To: "Jason C. Wells" Subject: RE: Good keyboards Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Wes Peters Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Nguyen - UNIX Sysadmin and Geek Pager (800) SKY-8888 pin# 1138368 or 1138368@skytel.com You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message