From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 15 14:33:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25143 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:33:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jive.dub.net (jive.dub.net [169.197.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25135 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:33:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from unfurl@jive.dub.net) Received: (from unfurl@localhost) by jive.dub.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24972 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:33:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from unfurl) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:33:48 -0700 From: Unfurl To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good keyboards Message-ID: <19990115153348.A24951@dub.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Mike Nguyen on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:44:09PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:44:09PM -0600, Mike Nguyen wrote: > 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. Word of warning. They last forever until you dump a bowl of cereal in them. This is a bad idea especially if, like me, this is your favorite keyboard. Also, spilling beer in them is a bad idea. I have (past tense) owned two of these beauties. I miss them much. -Bill -- unfurl@dub.net - This is a munition. Fight Back! #!/bin/perl -sp0777i