Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: The Age of Apple is Over Date: 15 Sep 2016 22:34:00 GMT Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <87mvjbw7nr.fsf@therandymon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IKqivNccd0PEQa/WztnTOwUKPf9E/Ul+zLvZnmy9xzbCQ6N7IX Cancel-Lock: sha1:EIQqOE3stGTyBa4Dtsf+P/7Vwo8= User-Agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT b8fc14e git.gnome.org/git/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:12022 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 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