On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 at 12:50, Yvan Janssens via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
So, I have built a USB adapter for my 5150?s keyboard. The experience is
actually quite bad, as stated earlier. The main reason why I still use it
is because I took it with me from Belgium - it?s a French keyboard, and
having access to all the special characters makes typing in eg. French,
German or Spanish so much easier in the odd cases I have to.
I use a Compose key. Built in to Linux, easy to add to Windows.
Thus my UK-layout IBM Model M has every international character it's
possible to type. I can type ? la Fran?ais as easily as I can v
?estina, tady v K?i??kova.
For my main daily driver I just use a Unicomp PC5250.
Like others said, new
keyboards based on the original mechanisms perform so much better.
Tried one (belonging to list member Peter Corlett).
I find the original Real Thing? _far_ better than the modern
reproductions. I think he will agree with me.
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