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You are probably right...."That XT keyboard is no match for the finest of Apple's 'Professional' ADB 'boards"
I am not familiar with them. Did they have the wonderful "Model M" click?
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Re:Obviously
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Re:Obviously
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Great, just what we need.Just what we need, another piece of crap keyboard with a pile of extra garbage above the F-Keys. Its getting harder and harder to find a normal, sane, quality keyboard that has not been raped by japanese extra keys tentacles.
Whats most offensive lately is moving an extra set of keys (effectively useless keys, I might add) to the insert/home/pageup/pagedown/delete/end block and effectively throwing off the entire layout of that section rendering 20-30 years of standardized layout and familiarity out the window.
You used to be able to buy a cheap 5$ keyboard that had the standard layout, albeit a piece of crap, but it did the job. They're getting harder and harder to find. I couldn't even find one the last time I looked. There were no keyboards without at least 3 extra keys in addition to the windows keys, and this was at Fry's Electronics. Luckily I found a local shop selling old keyboards, and quality at that. I picked up several IBM Model-M PS/2 keyboards. Not as old as the AT style, but they are still over 10 years old and work perfectly. The keys are tactile and the layout is curved somewhat to make hiting the F-Keys easier. I got a few that make the loud clicking sound, and some of the quiet touch ones. They are both high quality keyboards, but I prefer the clicking noise
Check out this page that talks about them some. I think they sell them here. There's a review here, and a page of devoted model-m lovers here.
You should be able to pick them up used at a local used computer equipment shop, ebay, etc for under 20$ (I got mine for under 5$ a piece).
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You should be moderated Under-Rated........
You are absolutely correct. I long for the days when the only keyboard available was one of these.
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Re:Get an IBM Model M
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Re:Source for IBM Model M keyboards --
No need to deal with spooky ebay auctions.
IBM model M keyboards for sale -
Re:How about small keyboards?
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IBM made a small keyboard based on popular model M design (part # 1391472)
84-keys.
buckling-spring keys
all the keys are in same "standard" position as standard 101-key keyboard (no re-learning to type)
cable is removable for PS/2 or AT use
individual keys can be moved to different positions for QWERTY or DVORAK layouts or different positions of international keyboard formats (French, Swedish.. etc..)
these IBM model M keyboards last forever
can still switch to numeric keypad mode by using "NumLk" key
http://www.shoppalstores.com/ibmmodelm/ has them available for sale at $60/each
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Re:Anyone seen
Wow.. brand new IBM model M keyboards from 1987! . he even has TRACK-POINT and TRACK-BALL model Ms in their original boxes . http://www.shoppalstores.com/ibmmodelm/
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Re:Anyone seen