From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 05:52:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCF816A418 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:52:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 899C913C442 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:52:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBD5UhBn024380; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id lBD5UhDB024377; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:43 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: "Matthew D. Fuller" In-Reply-To: <20071213045535.GA22305@over-yonder.net> Message-ID: <20071212221510.H24334@wonkity.com> References: <7b233cbfabc5d3002f54794112b77d75@localhost> <868x40cjzi.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4760057E.5040406@highperformance.net> <20071213045535.GA22305@over-yonder.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:43 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:52:00 -0000 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