21 Mar
2007
21 Mar
'07
11:19 a.m.
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.
s shumaker
At 07:21 PM 3/20/2007, you wrote:
On Mar 21, 2007, at 12:02 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Same here. The only "good" PS/2-interfaced keyboards I have here
are a big box of SGI "granite" units, and even they have some flex
(not much) to them. At least they have some heft, though.
However, one other keyboard does stand out. A few months ago, I
picked up an Enermax Aurora keyboard, which has an aluminum chassis
and the "X"-mechanism keys that are similar to those of higher-end
laptops like Powerbooks. I love the keyboard on my Powerbook-G4; I
can *fly* when I'm typing on that...so I wanted to see if I could
find a similar keyboard for my desktop machine. This Enermax is
definitely that; they key mechanism is very similar to that used on
the Powerbook. My typing speed is much better with this keyboard.
And the case is made of *METAL*. Very nice.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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.