23 Jan
2018
23 Jan
'18
2:31 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Guy Sotomayor via
cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
In their defense (and yes, I think they
are awful no good people), I guess
you can't fault them too much since up until fairly recently a quality
mechanical keyboard was either too expensive or practically impossible to
source for a modern computer, what with the obsession with flat square
keycaps with next to no travel, etc. At least now we are starting to get
some decent lower cost options in the marketplace as new. Maybe these new
keyboards will dissuade people from destroying rare artifacts.
Also - I should add the vendor at VCF SE did have new keyboards to sell
too, I think he was thinking the vintage people would like to see some
vintage keyboards to buy, and perhaps to marry back to their original
systems. I also think a lot of keyboard enthusiasts have no idea that
there is a historically-significant computer associated with the keyboard.
Ignorance is a factor.
I have come upon batches of keyboards with no machines in my travels, and I
have a few IBM terminal keyboards (newer type M's), but no one seemed to
want them unless I removed the RJ jack and put in a PS/2 jack.
Bill
?are the bane of my existence and should all rot
in hell.
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