On 01/31/2012 06:54 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Bob Proulx<bob@proulx.com> writes:By the way... The IBM Model M keyboard is an example of one of the finest keyboards ever made. Unicomp bought the rights to continue making that same keyboard. By all reports they are excellent.I agree. I got this one on the strength of reviews and friends advice when I grew tired of the sorry flexing, number loosing junk on the market now. Its been in use steadily for several mnths... maybe closing in on a year now and I really like it.
/snip/I have several model M keyboards--two full size, in regular use, and one without the number pad, that I'm using now with a home-bound laptop. All of them were bought at computer flea-markets 10 or more years ago, where they were already used product. They will probably be working after I'm dead, if some numbskull doesn't throw them out for not having windows keys!
There is an outfit called "Clicky Keys"--you can find it on the net--that refurbs original model M's for sale.
They are kind of noisy for use in a business office, but at home I wouldn't trade them for anything!
--doug