Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:43 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard Message-ID: <20071212221510.H24334@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20071213045535.GA22305@over-yonder.net> References: <7b233cbfabc5d3002f54794112b77d75@localhost> <868x40cjzi.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4760057E.5040406@highperformance.net> <20071213045535.GA22305@over-yonder.net>
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > I picked up the Model M I'm typing this on on eBay many years ago. It > certainly was well used when I got it, and it's hardly had an idle day > since. On the back, it lists the manufacturing date as 03-15-91. It > still feels and works as solid as the day it was born. > > There are two kinds of keyboards; buckling spring, and crap 8-} As I said when we first unpacked the brand new IBM PCs (around 1984-ish), I'd rather have the light switches on the wall. Push-push-push-CLICK!. Those were the original controversial keyboards with the reduced-size shift keys, because dammit, IBM knew what was best for you. Several years ago I found a bunch of Compaq keyboards, the big rectangular kind with a heavy metal plate in them. They don't have a lot of wasted space around the edge, all the keys are in the right place, they aren't tiring to use, they don't wander around, and they were like $5 each. I think I still have one new in a box. Of course, they were from before cHomPaq. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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