At 4:37 PM -0700 3/20/07, Fred Cisin wrote:
until recently, keyboards were not cheap. 25 years
ago, the PC keyboards
were about $300
Are *GOOD* keyboards cheap? The keyboard I'm typing this on cost me
$160, and the ADB-to-USB converter it's plugged into was probably
another $20.
For that matter what modern keyboards are worth owning? At work I
use an antique IBM keyboard that was originally on an RS6k 340, and
here at home I use a combination of my 16 year old "cheap" AT clone
keyboard, an SGI keyboard, various DEC keyboards, an HP Itanium 2
Workstation keyboard (on my Sunblade 1000 no less), and the keyboard
that came with my PowerMac G5 2x2 is on my work laptop (an IBM
ThinkPad). Personally I toss any modern cheap PC keyboards I get.
If it wasn't for the fact I don't have a better keyboard the HP one
would be tossed, the Apple USB keyboard at least is not to bad, I
just don't like the design.
If I pick up a keyboard with the short ends in each hand, and it
flexes when I gently twist, it is considered trash, and treated
accordingly.
Zane
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