Keyboards - oh, the clickyness (was:Re: Anyone know what is happening in DebianLenny?)

[Nick Stockton]

I haven't read the links yet but I'm guessing it's talking about the old IBM 
model M keyboards.
There is actually a company that baut the design from IBM and makes new 
keyboards with the same feel using the Buckling Spring technology.
They also have keyboards with rubber dome technology for a more quiet sound 
but I'd want the loudest click I could get.
They even have USB keyboards as well as PS2 models.
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/
I've known about them sense around 2004 or 2005 but still haven't baut a 
keyboard from them yet. I probably should *giggle*.
If your looking for a 104 key keyboard so you can have the 3 windows keys 
you probably want the custimizer 104.
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html
If you don't want windows keys and would rather have the old IBM Pearl White 
look then you want the space saver model.
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104bl.html
Although the space saver model visually looks like the original pearl white 
IBM Model M I'd probably get the custimizer 104 with the Buckling Spring 
technology even though it only comes in black so that I could have the 
windows keys if I needed them but would still have that IBM model M feel.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Keyboards - oh,the clickyness (was:Re: Anyone know what is 
happening in DebianLenny?)


> I've had one of these for about 6 or 7 years now...it was mainly used
> my linux workstation, which has now been pretty much relegated to
> basic server duties, so the keyboard doesn't get used all that
> much...but I go back to it every once in a while, really like the
> feel.
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at
> 01:16:04PM -0500, Farhan wrote:
>> Hello, I actually had one of these old IBM keyboards, I found it for four 
>> dollars at a thrift store.
>> it lasted for about six months before I got tired of it and got my apple 
>> keyboard.
>>
>> On 6/19/2008 at 13:14 luke said
>> Speaking of keyboards, here are three amusing and good articles from 
>> Dan's
>> Data, about a sighted guy and his pursuit of maximum clickyness.
>> Be warned: if you don't regularly read Dan's Data (or even if you do), 
>> you
>> may find hours have gone by once you come up for air.
>>
>> http://www.dansdata.com/ibmkeyboard.htm
>> http://www.dansdata.com/clickykeyboards.htm
>> http://www.dansdata.com/clicky2.htm
>>
>> Luke
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Farhan wrote:
>>
>> > hello, out of curiosity have you checked out the apple keyboards? I 
>> > just got one and I love the key action on it, its the best $50 you'll 
>> > ever spend.
>> > On 6/17/2008 at 21:21 Gaijin said
>> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:09:20PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
>> > > consoles is controlled in /etc/inittab, I would start by looking 
>> > > there
>> >
>> > That was the first thing I checked when I got a text console
>> > working.  It was my stewpid keyboard at fault, with it's function key
>> > toggle.  Not entirely sure what it does, beyond turning the keys on and
>> > off, but that was the culprit preventing me from using the function
>> > keys..  Sure wish they still made the Omnikey line of keyboards.  I
>> > really loved that puppy...
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
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>> I've hacked the Xaw3d library to give you a Win95 like interface and it
>> is named Xaw95. You can replace your Xaw3d library.
> Oh God, this is so disgusting!
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