Keyboards - Availability in Canada

[Colin McGregor]

On 1/12/10, Slack Rat <slacker-MOdoAOVCFFcswetKESUqMA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Are say FR, DE, FR (not CF) etc  keyboards generally available in Canada
> without the prices being $megabuckz ?

Generally available? No, period. I'm involved in a group that
refurbishes old PCs, installs Linux and then gives the machines away
to those who could not afford any sort of PC. A significant percentage
of the people we deal with have something other than English as their
first language, so we have looked for a source of inexpensive
non-English keyboards. French-Canadian keyboards, in Toronto are a bit
of a pain to get, but can be found. Spanish keyboards are a pain to
get, but can be ordered. Other keyboards ... as far as I know, basicly
forget it...

I would love to be shown wrong on the above as I would love to know
about an easy  local source of inexpensive keyboards, especially in
the following languages:

- Persian
- Spanish
- Tamil

Anyone?

Colin McGregor

> Or is there a keyboard marketed that would give all of the required
> characters ?
>
> Currently I swap in and out as required although this is a drag as X
> needs to be reconfigured and resterted each time
>
> --
> Slackrat
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