Keyboards

[James Knott]

Giles Orr wrote:
> 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.
> 

I also use one of those.  I bought a few of them years ago.  I find 
they're great to use, compared to the keyboard on my work computer (Dell 
Inspiron notebook), which I find is irritating to use.


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