23 Mar
2007
23 Mar
'07
8:49 a.m.
Rumor has it that Patrick Finnegan may have mentioned these words:
Or drop them 15 feet onto concrete. Yes, it happened to me once. I suppose
I *could* have fixed it, but with enough $5 spares, why bother? ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 05:29:16PM -0400, Sridhar
Ayengar wrote:
To give credit where credit is due, even the elcrappo Keytronics keyboards
were marginally better than everyone else's (including Micro$oft's)
elcrappo keyboards. I'm not saying I'd use one on a daily basis, but I'd
keep a Keytronics as a "spare of a spare of a spare" before I'd keep any
other sub-$25 (new) keyboard.
Thankfully, I got at least 10 Model M's for $5 each from the local Uni when
they were clearing stuff out about 5-6 years ago, and still have a few
spares up in the attic. Some of the keyboards were nonworking (stuck keys,
etc) so I keep them for spare parts, but obviously, the working keyboards
don't need repairs often. ;-)
Chuck Guzis wrote:
>On 21 Mar 2007 at 10:19, Steve Shumaker wrote:
.... At one time, Keytronics
made some of
> >the better keyboards, then moved their operation out of the US and
> >sold out to Honeywell and marketed what amounts to looks-just-like-
> >every-other-far-East-keyboards.
http://www.pckeyboard.com/ for the Model M. Still being made.
I've never found a good reason to buy a new one. The old ones seemingly
more plentiful than AOL CDs, and they hardly ever break (until you spill
some unfortunate liquid into them, at least. :)