12 Jul
2014
12 Jul
'14
10:12 p.m.
I've got an M13 with trackpoint I'm typing this on, they are less common. I
hacked mine so that I could use the mouse buttons as a sort of 'extra'
shift (hack gives it too much credit, I run the PS2 mouse side into an
Atmel chip which is pretending to be another USB keyboard)
--Chuck
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
Now that I think of it, the original Apple ADB
Extended Keyboard (the
"wedge" with the rainbow apple in the lower left hand corner, Rev. 1) was
very nice too. I'd probably slot that one above HP's. They cheapened the
Rev 2s a little bit when they streamlined them... not terrible but not
really remarkable, either.
Best,
Sean
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
I'm sure someone's mentioned it already
but you can still get the IBM
Model M brand-new, in USB variants, even!!
http://pckeyboard.com/
I keep feeling tempted to requisition one at work but haven't worked up
the gumption to ask for a $100 keyboard yet, LOL.
The Model M is still my all-time favorite as far as keyboards go...
although I might go so far as to say I like the tactile feedback of the
old
PC/XT keyboard even just a bit more (not very
useful on anything made
after
1986 or so, though... I guess there's another
microcontrol project for me
after I get done with my DEC mouse serial->USB, LOL) Beyond IBM, I always
thought DEC had nice keyboards on the VT100 series, although they went
downhill FAST with the LK201 and even worse LK401... HP's HIL keyboards
weren't terrible either. I suppose those are my Big 3 ;)
Best,
Sean
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Christian Kennedy <chris at mainecoon.com>
wrote:
>
> On 11 Jul 2014, at 10:58 AM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
>
> > My personal favorite keyboard at the moment is dasKeyboard
> http://daskeyboard.com. It's not classic but it's a mechanical
keyboard
> with n-key rollover. I've found that
after years of struggling with
> "rubber dome" keyboards, my typing speed and accuracy have gone back to
> where I remember it from years ago. ;-)
>
> I second that, in spades. I picked one up a few months ago and was
> amazed by how much I've missed a proper clicky-keyed mechanical
keyboard;
I
was
particularly pleased to see the speed and accuracy of my typing
approximate what it was decades ago.
--
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