21 Mar
2007
21 Mar
'07
2:12 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Mar 21, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Steve Shumaker wrote:
I'm pretty sure they made the keyboard, but bought the keyswitches from
a supplier. (Alps?)
Peace... Sridhar
That style of keyboard was also used in the
"Northgate" computers.
They custom designed one of the heaviest keyboards on the market and
sold it with their Northgate clones in the mid /ate 80s. Steel
frames, virtually no flex, REAL mechanical keys, programmable function
sets... The computers have long since disappeared (company folded
many years ago) but the keyboards still show up occasionally on
e-bay. Called Omnikey and Omnikey Ultra.. I'm still using one today.
Ahhh, I've heard of the Omnikey, but I don't believe I've ever seen
one in person. Perhaps I should try to find one of those.
Are you sure they produced the keyboard themselves?