Re: OT: clicky keyboards
David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu> writes:
> "Ergonomic" is not a word I'd use to describe the computers and
> terminals I'm familiar with from the late 70s. Most had truly awful
> keyboards. The Apple II, TRS-80, and VT-100 all had keyboards that
> just hit bottom, plastic-on-plastic, with no tactile feedback at all.
> I found it very hard to type quickly on those machines.
I agree the Apple II and TRS-80 keyboards were crap, but I have very
fond memories of hacking on the VT-100. I guess the keyboard feel
wasn't all that great compared to a model-m or something, but there was
just something very nice about the whole package (the keyboard _shape_,
and key layout on the VT-100, for instance, were great)...
Unfortunately VT-100s don't seem to age very gracefully -- even in the
late '80s, it was getting very hard to find one in good condition.
-Miles
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