RE: [OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-19 Thread Prentice
IMHO, the old clicky IBMs are aby far teh best. Too bad they don't make them like that anymore. There is a surplus warehouse I know of that has some for sale real cheap. I could get you one, if you want a good keyboard that bad. I've bought a few for my machines at home. On Wed, 10 May 2000, Dou

Re: [OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-19 Thread Richard Harvey Chapman
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Doug McGarrett wrote: > If you have access to any good computer flea-markets, or some other source, > there is no better keyboard in the world than an IBM. And the older IBM's It has been my experience and that of my friends that the best keyboards are the old Mac keyboards.

RE: [OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-17 Thread Doug McGarrett
Steve Reilly sent the following, quoting my original recommendation: >>> And after all, you don't _need_ Windows keys! > >>Go working at a Sun Sparc or Ultra for a while and you might reconsider >>that statement... ;-) Another set of modifiers can be dead handy at >>times... > >it's handy

RE: [OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-09 Thread Stephen_Reilly
>> And after all, you don't _need_ Windows keys! >Go working at a Sun Sparc or Ultra for a while and you might reconsider >that statement... ;-) Another set of modifiers can be dead handy at >times... it's handy to be able to map alt/shift/sysrq to a spare metakey . . . or even alt/ctrl/backspac

Re: [OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-09 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 08:30:29PM -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: [...] > And after all, you don't _need_ Windows keys! [...] Go working at a Sun Sparc or Ultra for a while and you might reconsider that statement... ;-) Another set of modifiers can be dead handy at times... SCNR, Thomas --

[OT] Linux keyboards

2000-05-08 Thread Doug McGarrett
>Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 12:14:38 -0500 >From: "Manuel A. Camacho Q." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I am just going to buy a new keyboard for home use. I have as options >two models I saw in TheLinuxStore and Linuxmall. They are the Happy >Hackers Keyboard and the LinuxCool kbd. Any experience with them?

Re: [OT] Linux keyboards.

2000-05-06 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Jon Nichols wrote: > > Iidly curious: happy hackers lite or deluxe? > I just decided for the "lite" one. Four basic reasons: 1. Lite is more configurable. 2. "Click" sound is no good when typing at 3:00 in a dorm =). 3. I am only going to use it on PCs. 4. I preffer spending the extra budget i

RE: [OT] Linux keyboards.

2000-05-06 Thread Jon Nichols
Iidly curious: happy hackers lite or deluxe? -Original Message- From: Manuel A. Camacho Q. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[OT] Linux keyboards. Hi! I am just going to buy a new keyboard for home use. I have

Re: [OT] Linux keyboards.

2000-05-06 Thread Steve Borho
On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 12:14:38PM -0500, Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote: > Hi! > > I am just going to buy a new keyboard for home use. I have as options > two models I saw in TheLinuxStore and Linuxmall. They are the Happy > Hackers Keyboard and the LinuxCool kbd. Any experience with them? Other > s

[OT] Linux keyboards.

2000-05-06 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I am just going to buy a new keyboard for home use. I have as options two models I saw in TheLinuxStore and Linuxmall. They are the Happy Hackers Keyboard and the LinuxCool kbd. Any experience with them? Other suggestions? Thanks a lot, -Manuel. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]