From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 11:57:58 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 E29A816A417 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:57:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D88913C458 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id lBDBvlP18543; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:57:47 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <20071213225746.17291@caamora.com.au> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:57:46 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: "Matthew D. Fuller" 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 X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <20071213045535.GA22305@over-yonder.net>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:55:35PM -0600 Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Cc: "Jason C. Wells" , 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 11:57:59 -0000 On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:55:35PM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:59:58AM -0800 I heard the voice of > Jason C. Wells, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > And if you really like tactile response, the one true keyboard is > > the IBM Model M. > > 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-} my J1 Model M was manufactured 17 April 1989, and i've had it for 15 years, I found another one in an office languishing, it was bound for garbage. so when my 'M dies i've got a spare ... they are beautiful keyboards, make good benchpress bars as well, smile. if you can find one get, it make teh investment your arms/wrists/shoulders will thank you. I am a disabled man I use my keyboard some 8-10 hours daily, some day more, to communicate as well as to do some commercial computing work. every time i get out to a customers office and have to use thier modern/new ergonomic keyboards, well teh short story is that by teh end of the day i'm begging for my 'M .. they are great, solid keyboards, sturdy and highly recommended, even secondhand at whatever price a "new" keyboard will cost you, i've seen them on ebay so tehy are still available, get one before it get to status symbol mode and teh ebay ethos collectible mode kicks in (GRIN). hope this helps much kind regards jonathan -- ================================================================ powered by .. QNX, OS9 and freeBSD -- http://caamora com au/operating system ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====