From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 15 15:30:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01645 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:30:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01637 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:30:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@agora.rdrop.com) Received: (from john@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA26346; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:30:20 -0800 (PST) From: John Cavanaugh Message-Id: <199901152330.PAA26346@agora.rdrop.com> Subject: Re: Good keyboards To: unfurl@dub.net (Unfurl) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:30:20 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990115153348.A24951@dub.net> from "Unfurl" at Jan 15, 99 03:33:48 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. They also have a big problem with staples. We have a bunch of them (and the 3151 terminals they talk to) connected to our RS/6000 and have been unable to convince our mouth-breathing claims processors of their suggested care and feeding (or lack thereof). ;-) -- John Cavanaugh "There can be only one." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message