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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/972411040.13101711266416679539.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
