21 Feb
2000
21 Feb
'00
6:35 a.m.
Here's a new discussion for ya': a top ten
list of the best laptop
kayboards! I already know who's going to be number 1, but, just the same,
here are my picks for the list:
OK, I'll be controversial.
1. Epson HX20
2. Tandy TRS-80 model 100
3.... I've never used any other laptops with decent keyboards.
In fact, I've used very few pcs with decent keyboards. I have a PS/2 keyboard
on my machine at work - it has followed me through at least three machines
now...
Philip.
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21 Feb
21 Feb
8:31 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk once stated:
> Here's a new discussion for ya': a top ten list of the best laptop
> kayboards! I already know who's going to be number 1, but, just the same,
> here are my picks for the list:
1. Data General/1.
2. There are no other laptop keyboards worth talking about.
In fact, I've used very few pcs with decent
keyboards. I have a PS/2 keyboard
on my machine at work - it has followed me through at least three machines
now...
Each year I've attended the Miami Hamfest, I always pick up any IBM AT or
PS/2 keyboards as they're the only ones I'll use anymore. Even if I don't
have an immediate use for them.
-spc (And they seem to go for about $5, incredibly enough)
9:13 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 05:35:28PM +0000, Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk wrote:
In fact, I've used very few pcs with decent
keyboards. I have a PS/2 keyboard
on my machine at work - it has followed me through at least three machines
now...
Philip.
Surprised I'm the first person to mention these (altho not laptop, they
fit the 10-year rule):
Northgate Omnikey keyboards.
I find these at the local Goodwill Computerworks from time to time for
$5 each, and I snag them as fast as I see them. I've got a hoard of five
or so now, and unless my fiancee uses them (she smokes, and tends to fill
keyboards with ashes) they last forever.
My other favorite keyboards are the classic IBM "big clicky" 101-key, and
the Sun Type5 (dunno if the T5 meets the 10year rule tho).
Bill
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10:10 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 02:13:10PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
Surprised I'm the first person to mention these
(altho not laptop, they
fit the 10-year rule):
Northgate Omnikey keyboards.
They're that old? Dee One Systems was selling them new surprisingly recently,
I *almost* love mine but I've got two main complaints:
- why is the autorepeat so fast? if you lean on Del by accident you delete
half your file, it repeats much faster than the actual rate you program it
for
- I wish the "=" keypad key sent a different scan code from the one on the
main keyboard, so I could use it to do an *exact* emulation of the VT100
keypad, but it seems there's no way to tell them apart
I really like the keyboard otherwise though -- the best of both worlds, it has
all the keys (I'm talking about the Omnikey 102 here), but the function keys
are on the left as god intended, and the Ctrl key is where it belongs too.
Really hated to have to retrain my fingers after all that time using good ol'
well-made 83/84-key keyboards.
I like the *feel* of Focus keyboards, but they just don't last. They've been
around long enough that they only recently dropped the XT/AT mode switch,
but they don't seem to have survived the transition to PS/2 connectors,
and certainly not USB, oh well so much for that.
Anyway IMHO nothing will ever beat the feel and layout of the DEC VT100
keyboard! Or whichever 8-bit luggable cloned it (Kaypro?).
John Wilson
D Bit
10:45 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 04:10:06PM -0500, John Wilson wrote:
Anyway IMHO nothing will ever beat the feel and layout
of the DEC VT100
keyboard! Or whichever 8-bit luggable cloned it (Kaypro?).
From my experience, the TRS-80 Model III/IV came pretty
close...
Bill
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