Keyboards

[Giles Orr]

On Jan 31, 2008 2:12 AM, William O'Higgins Witteman
<william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I currently own two buckling-spring keyboards, and IBM model M and a
> Northgate OmniKey 101.  The OmniKey is currently in need of repair - the
> C key works oddly, not registering for several keypresses and then
> returning a swath of Cs at once.  The IBM is fine.
>
> The problem is that I'd really like to get a second, working
> buckling-spring 'board for work, but I don't have time to try to fix my
> OmniKey.  Does anyone on this list know where I could either get my
> OmniKey repaired, or get a buckling-spring 'board in Toronto?  Thanks.

[I'm responding to some criticisms in the thread which I didn't copy
here - I hope what I'm answering will be fairly obvious.]

Aside from the noise, which I agree can be extremely annoying, I find
the IBM Model M keyboards wonderful: I like the key feel, they're
extremely precise (there's never any question of whether or not you've
hit the key), and they're extremely reliable and essentially
indestructible.  Oh, and they weigh a couple kilos each because
they've got a massive steel back plate.  Judge for yourself whether
that's a plus or a minus.  The big disadvantages are that they're not
"ergonomic" (I mostly use a Kinesis Advantage these days, worth the
price) and they're not USB.

To answer the primary question, there are (as always) dozens of them
available for sale on eBay.ca for $5-$10.

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