Old AlphaSmart devices can be had VERY cheaply on e-bay. You already know what they are, since you did mention them, and other than mechanical typewriters, they may be your best bet. Just need a pile of AA batteries.
Well, I bought one of these, and let's just say I was... surprised at what I received. It didn't have Netflix on it, nor did it connect to my cable line or my Roku box. When I called the support number, they told me to make it work, I needed to load it with ammunition and depress the button, which they referred to as a "trigger".
The bass was really loud; I thought I blew the speakers, but when I tried again, it was still as loud. It was at that point that I noticed the large, gaping holes in my wall. Within a few minutes, police had arrived at my house, to ask if anything was wrong. I informed them that my television was malfunctioning, and they seemed to decide I was a lunatic and drove away. When I tried to RMA it, the man on the other end of the support line laughed at me and hung up.
CDE was the desktop enviro on the Sun workstations I used in college. I may have to download it and use it just for nostalgia's sake... and, that sort of thing is probably the only useful thing about this release.
What was it? Solaris 9 when they started giving people the choice of CDE or GNOME. GNOME was a lot better and everyone dumped CDE.
CDE was a limited and annoying window manager, but it was better than no window manager which is the only reason people used it.
I believe it was Solaris 8, but that we transitioned to 9 by the end of my college days. Honestly, I don't remember for sure, though.
CDE was the desktop enviro on the Sun workstations I used in college. I may have to download it and use it just for nostalgia's sake... and, that sort of thing is probably the only useful thing about this release.
"linear". It's available at http://www.barcodesinc.com/cherry/g81-1800.htm and probably some other places. I bought mine through Amazon, but they're out of stock currently. To others looking for different Cherry keyboards, always look at those who sell POS terminal keyboards and the like; the POS folks love Cherry boards because they never die, but are cheaper than, say, an Avant Stellar. Over time, they're probably cheaper for commercial applications than a normal membrane keyboard, as they'll outlast 6 of them.
Cherry keyboards with not-quite-so-loud-but-still-nicely-tactile mechanical keyswitches are great when you want a feel sometinhg like a Model M but don't want the noise. I use a Cherry G-1800LUMUS-0 myself, and find it to be wonderful for my typing needs. I looked at the Model M-alikes at Unicomp when searching for it, but decided I wanted something a little quieter... and happened to find one with the weird layout I grew up with (kind of squished, but still full-size keys).
Cherry keyswitches come in both quiet and loud versions, this board has the quiet kind. The tactile response isn't quite as good as my Lexmark Model M, but it's close. I use it connected to my laptop all the time... it fits in my laptop backpack, which is nice too.
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Old AlphaSmart devices can be had VERY cheaply on e-bay. You already know what they are, since you did mention them, and other than mechanical typewriters, they may be your best bet. Just need a pile of AA batteries.
The bass was really loud; I thought I blew the speakers, but when I tried again, it was still as loud. It was at that point that I noticed the large, gaping holes in my wall. Within a few minutes, police had arrived at my house, to ask if anything was wrong. I informed them that my television was malfunctioning, and they seemed to decide I was a lunatic and drove away. When I tried to RMA it, the man on the other end of the support line laughed at me and hung up.
Would not buy again.
CDE was the desktop enviro on the Sun workstations I used in college. I may have to download it and use it just for nostalgia's sake... and, that sort of thing is probably the only useful thing about this release.
What was it? Solaris 9 when they started giving people the choice of CDE or GNOME. GNOME was a lot better and everyone dumped CDE.
CDE was a limited and annoying window manager, but it was better than no window manager which is the only reason people used it.
I believe it was Solaris 8, but that we transitioned to 9 by the end of my college days. Honestly, I don't remember for sure, though.
CDE was the desktop enviro on the Sun workstations I used in college. I may have to download it and use it just for nostalgia's sake... and, that sort of thing is probably the only useful thing about this release.
I wonder how long it will take for someone to make the infrastructure shaped like the words "Citation Needed".
"linear". It's available at http://www.barcodesinc.com/cherry/g81-1800.htm and probably some other places. I bought mine through Amazon, but they're out of stock currently. To others looking for different Cherry keyboards, always look at those who sell POS terminal keyboards and the like; the POS folks love Cherry boards because they never die, but are cheaper than, say, an Avant Stellar. Over time, they're probably cheaper for commercial applications than a normal membrane keyboard, as they'll outlast 6 of them.
Cherry keyboards with not-quite-so-loud-but-still-nicely-tactile mechanical keyswitches are great when you want a feel sometinhg like a Model M but don't want the noise. I use a Cherry G-1800LUMUS-0 myself, and find it to be wonderful for my typing needs. I looked at the Model M-alikes at Unicomp when searching for it, but decided I wanted something a little quieter... and happened to find one with the weird layout I grew up with (kind of squished, but still full-size keys). Cherry keyswitches come in both quiet and loud versions, this board has the quiet kind. The tactile response isn't quite as good as my Lexmark Model M, but it's close. I use it connected to my laptop all the time... it fits in my laptop backpack, which is nice too.
But will these leave me with an aftertaste of olives? I sure hope not...