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| From | Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: The Age of Apple is Over |
| Date | 15 Sep 2016 22:34:00 GMT |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:19:15 -0700, The Real Bev wrote: > On 09/15/2016 07:26 AM, Bob Eager wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:21:10 +0000, Zed wrote: >> >>> On 2016-09-15, RS Wood <zafiro17@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> My 2004 ppc titanium powerbook had the single best laptop keyboard I >>>> ever used - nice feel, lovely sculpted keys. Way better than the >>>> modern stuff. >>> >>> A bit tangential, but I find modern keyboards appalling. The older >>> Powerbook keyboards were good, as were the older Thinkpad keyboards. >>> Chiclet keys lack sufficient travel and tactile/auditory feedback. I >>> don't understand how anybody can type on a tablet/virtual keyboard. >>> >>> And...you kids get off my lawn! >> >> I rarely use a laptop. I just have a desktop wherever I need one! >> >> And they all have Model M keyboards. > > YESSSS! We buy them whenever we see them. I have at least a dozen of them. > The adapters (ps2 [?] to > USB) aren't cheap. Radio Shack has them. DO NOT BE FOOLED by the cheap > green ones -- they work only for mice, not keyboards. Trust me. I have > a dozen of them :-( The adaptors I use cost about 5 pounds, and are a small black cube. Some adaptors fail to work with 102-key keyboards; they only know about 101 keys. > I felt really bad when I destroyed my 1988 (a personal landmark year for > a number of reasons) Model M by spilling coffee into it. The > construction of the keys seemed to preclude water getting into the > innards with anything short of total immersion. Obviously I was wrong. The one I am using right now is one I bought in 1989 and have used daily ever since. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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The Age of Apple is Over Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-13 23:23 +0000
Re: The Age of Apple is Over RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-09-13 22:13 -0400
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-09-15 06:53 +0200
Re: The Age of Apple is Over "RS Wood" <zafiro17@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 08:31 -0400
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Zed <zed@blah.invalid> - 2016-09-15 14:21 +0000
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-09-15 17:26 +0300
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-09-15 14:26 +0000
Re: The Age of Apple is Over The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 14:19 -0700
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-09-15 22:34 +0000
Re: The Age of Apple is Over Zed <zed@blah.invalid> - 2016-09-16 00:03 +0000
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