20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
2:34 p.m.
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 16:35, Jules Richardson wrote:
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Impressive! I ain't feeling that ambitious lately, though...
Speaking of key tops, most of what I've seen
out there is one bit of
plastic keycap, but this IBM I'm typing on seems to have a two-part
approach to things. I know this because the "-" key on the numeric pad
is missing the upper portion, the one with the "-" on it, so what's
there is both a " " key and also smaller than all the rest of them.
It lets you do things like this, though:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml ... I'm actually coming around to the idea of
getting a Model M keyboard if
I can find one, despite the clicky nature (and thanks for all the replies,
both on and off-list - lots of useful info to go on!)
I have two of these, and the noise was a bit irritating at times,
particularly considering how this machine's in the bedroom, but we've gotten
used to it and I wouldn't part with this and go back to cheap clone keyboards
at all, as long as I have a choice in the matter.
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