[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air



If you're interested in a quality keyboard you should check out something from Cherry.

They made a keyboard at one point with a Tux-key in place of the traditional windows key. I'm typing on the G81-1800 right now, and the quality is outstanding. I type a great deal each day, and the price tag is justified.

Here's an overview of their offerings: http://www.cherry.de/deutsch/produkte/tastaturen.htm

To anyone who liked the IBM model M the Cherry G80-3000 should be of particular interest. It's one of Cherry's older offerings, and can be had with liner, soft, or "kick" keys.[2] The G81-1800 doesn't have different key choices, but to me they still feel a lot like the keys on the model M (which I also have).

[2] http://www.cherry.de/PDF/DE_G81-3000.pdf

James

Quoting Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>:

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:09:17 -0500 (EST), John Hasler wrote:
Chris Jones writes:
What seems to be happening is that I am a rather 'energetic' typist,
and those keyboards were never designed to cope with intensive typing
in the first place.

Then you need an IBM Model M.  You won't wear it out.

I second that motion!  I have two of them.  I wish I had more.
They are the best keyboards ever made, in my humble opinion.  (Or at least
the best keyboards I personally have ever used.)  Unfortunately, IBM has
not made this keyboard, or any keyboard, for that matter, in years.  But
I heard on the news about a year ago that some company was making a clone
of these keyboards, using IBM's old factory, if I'm not mistaken, for
high-end typing power users.  The electronics have been updated for a USB
interface instead of the original PS/2 interface.  But the key action is
identical.  They aren't cheap!  But if your computer can handle
a traditional PS/2 keyboard connection, and if you are lucky enough to
find one of the original ones used, you might get it for a reasonable price.

These are 101-key keyboards, not 104-key keyboards.  They don't have the
two Windows® logo keys or the menu key.  But who cares!  I never use those
keys anyway.


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Archive: [🔎] 972411040.13101711266416679539.JavaMail.root@md01.wow.synacor.com">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 972411040.13101711266416679539.JavaMail.root@md01.wow.synacor.com





Reply to: