Re: OT: clicky keyboards

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 10:10 AM, Ed Curtis wrote:

> i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> > ASW> [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: us-ascii,  
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> > ASW> Totally OT, except it's on my debian box ;)
> > ASW> If you need that amazingly insightful gift for someone  
> > (yourself?)
> > ASW> this year, check out www.clickykeyboards.com for real IBM
> > ASW> keyboards. Mine just arrived and I'm in heaven.
> > 	i've been using model M2s (1395300) exclusively for over the past  
> > decade. each one usually lasts 3-6 years, & i'm getting near  
> > needing another. unfortunately clickykeyboards.com doesn't have  
> > one in stock, & judging by their prices, i can do MUCH better. the  
> > last one i purchased was $25, & that was the most i've ever paid  
> > for one. ($6 was the least in 1997.)
> You have got to be kidding me!! They actually charge this much for  
> these things!! I have a buddy that has 2 HUGE boxes full of  
> keyboards from yesteryear. He may just have a goldmine in his attic  
> and not even know it.

Yeah, but for $40 they take the thing apart and clean it before they  
sell it to you.  That might just be worth every penny, given how  
disgusting those things get.  I hope the guy who cleans them gets  
extra danger pay for the biohazard he's exposed to. ;)