26 Aug
2004
26 Aug
'04
12:04 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kelleher" <Pres(a)macro-inc.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: Best keyboards you've used ever!
At 04:05 AM 8/26/2004, you wrote:
out.
List the best keyboards you have ever used. Y
Best keyboard: cheap 101key (using a $5 Mitsumi at the moment) so when I
spill coffee on it I don't make it worse by crying over it.
Worst keyboard: DEC LK201 on VT220 terminals - no <ESC> key, misplaced
angle bracket <> keys (both on same key), reduced size shift key so you
always missed it and hit something else. A TECO nightmare. Plus you
couldn't get a cup of coffee within 6 inches of it before it would crap
Ed
TECO forever
I always like the Northgate OmniKey keyboard because of the feel and they
last forever (the one I am typing with now was purchased new in 1991)
I can't remember what terminal I was using in college to program Fortran on
the mainframe, but it had a good feel to it also (along with a million extra
function keys).