From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 11 06:16:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA09715 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 06:16:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA09710 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 06:16:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA06360; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 08:15:54 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu: jfieber owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 08:15:53 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard In-Reply-To: <199607110515.WAA02261@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > To go off on a total tangent, in spite of the fact that they have a > Windows logo on them, I've found the Microsoft Natural Keyboard an > exceptionally indispensible thing to have. After using one of these > for about a year, I can't hardly type on a "normal" keyboard anymore It isn't anything like the Comfort Keyboard (tm), but it cost about $400 less. I have one of the Microsoft keyboards and love it. Besides, if you are a touch typist, you never look down and see the Windows logo anyway. I haven't tried, but you could probably scrape the logo of---they are just decals. I'd rather not give money to Bill, but I also value the health and comfort of my hands and the MS keyboard is the first affordable alternative to the standard layout. The price of the Comfort Keyboard has come down in the past couple years, but its still around US$500. > My S.O. was getting lots of wrist pain too. She types only on these > keyboards now also, and has a lot less problems with her wrists. My wife was getting wrist pains and I made the mistake of loaning her my MS keyboard. I couldn't get it back for a month! It was utter hell. Has anyone tried any of the MS keyboard inspired clones? Micro Warehouse sells a "Tru-Form" keyboard made by Adesso that look almost identical except it has a "eraser" mouse between the keyboard halves. Its about half the price of the MS unit, but a keyboard is not something I'll buy without trying out first. I have not found any dealers with display. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================