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Wired media keyboard

Started byChris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk>
First post2016-01-15 15:03 +0000
Last post2016-01-18 08:41 +0000
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  Wired media keyboard Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2016-01-15 15:03 +0000
    Re: Wired media keyboard Jonno <me@privacy.nob> - 2016-01-15 16:26 +0000
      Re: Wired media keyboard Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2016-01-15 17:28 +0000
        Re: Wired media keyboard Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2016-01-16 12:33 +0000
          Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 13:39 +0000
            Re: Wired media keyboard Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-01-16 13:59 +0000
              Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 14:09 +0000
                Re: Wired media keyboard Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2016-01-16 16:04 +0000
                  Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 18:18 +0000
                  Re: Wired media keyboard Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 15:23 +0000
                    Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-17 20:29 +0000
                      Re: Wired media keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-17 19:44 -0500
                        Re: Wired media keyboard Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-01-18 08:51 +0000
                          Re: Wired media keyboard RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-22 12:25 +0300
                            Re: Wired media keyboard "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 20:28 +1100
                        Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-18 09:04 +0000
            Re: Wired media keyboard Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-01-16 16:00 +0200
            Re: Wired media keyboard "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2016-01-16 16:16 +0000
              Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 18:18 +0000
            Re: Wired media keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-16 16:21 +0000
              Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 18:17 +0000
            Re: Wired media keyboard Reentrant <Reentrant@none.invalid> - 2016-01-16 17:15 +0000
              Re: Wired media keyboard pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-01-16 18:06 +0000
              Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 18:16 +0000
                Re: Wired media keyboard Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> - 2016-01-16 18:54 +0000
                  Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 20:35 +0000
                Re: Wired media keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-16 18:59 +0000
                  Re: Wired media keyboard Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-01-16 20:36 +0000
            Re: Wired media keyboard Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> - 2016-01-16 18:53 +0000
    Re:Wired media keyboard RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-18 08:54 +0300
      Re: Wired media keyboard The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-18 08:41 +0000

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#10030

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-01-16 18:17 +0000
Message-ID<dfvfpvFt0s9U17@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#10026
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:21:44 +0000, Rich wrote:

> In comp.misc Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:33:28 +0000, Alan Dawes wrote:
> 
>> > In article <4lai9b5pv835l4u4pma5516ri2m513hko2@4ax.com>,
>> >    Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>> >> Jonno wrote:
>> > 
>> >> >Chris J Dixon scribbled
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Looks like my trusty Logitech Y-BE22 keyboard (or its no-longer
>> >> >> supported software) might be about to fail.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> I want a full-size wired keyboard, with media keys, and the LH
>> >> >> scroll wheel is also pretty useful. Any suggestions?
>> > 
>> >> >There's one of these on Ebay Logitech Y-BH52 Corded Computer
>> >> >Keyboard
>> >> >
>> >> >£20ish from the US
>> > 
>> >> Ideally I'd like a new and fully warranted UK layout keyboard.
>> >> For the amount of use it gets, I'm not particularly penny pinching.
>> > 
>> > I've bought keyboards from Maplins in the past and all are still
>> > working. The good thing is that you get the chance to check out the
>> > feel of the keys before buying which you cann't if buying on line and
>> > if you do have a problem they will replace without problems. As you
>> > are in Nottingham you have 2 Maplins to choose from.
> 
>> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You
>> can probably guess what it is.
> 
> From 1992 - either an IBM Model M or a Northgate Omnikey.
> 
> I've got two Northgate Omnikey's from the same era - still going strong.

Yup. Model M. I also have one I bought in 1989; I think that's in my 
workshop on the machine in there.

Actually, I lied, I realise. I have several Model Ms I bought used...


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#10027

FromReentrant <Reentrant@none.invalid>
Date2016-01-16 17:15 +0000
Message-ID<Y_6dnfPFxsAt5wfLnZ2dnUU78XudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>
In reply to#10020
On 16/01/2016 13:39, Bob Eager wrote:

> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You can
> probably guess what it is.
>
>

As you (like me) are a former IBM engineer I doubt very much that you 
*bought* an IBM keyboard!

I still have several classic "buckling spring" ones in the loft.


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#10028

Frompamela <invalid@nospam.com>
Date2016-01-16 18:06 +0000
Message-ID<XnsA591B8202D647D4AM2@207.246.207.124>
In reply to#10027
On 17:15  16 Jan 2016, Reentrant wrote:

> On 16/01/2016 13:39, Bob Eager wrote:
> 
>> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You can
>> probably guess what it is.
>>
>>
> 
> As you (like me) are a former IBM engineer I doubt very much that you 
> *bought* an IBM keyboard!


Oho!  Perk of the job?


> I still have several classic "buckling spring" ones in the loft.

-- 
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#10029

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-01-16 18:16 +0000
Message-ID<dfvfnlFt0s9U16@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#10027
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:15:28 +0000, Reentrant wrote:

> On 16/01/2016 13:39, Bob Eager wrote:
> 
>> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You
>> can probably guess what it is.
>>
>>
>>
> As you (like me) are a former IBM engineer I doubt very much that you
> *bought* an IBM keyboard!
> 
> I still have several classic "buckling spring" ones in the loft.

Sorry, never worked for IBM. I have worked for the same employer since 
1976 and have just retired! And it wasn't IBM.

Date on keyboard is 1992-02-12. I paid about £130 for it.
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#10034

FromMike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk>
Date2016-01-16 18:54 +0000
Message-ID<2HlOFqjmHpmWFwls@jasper.org.uk>
In reply to#10029
En el artículo <dfvfnlFt0s9U16@mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
<news0006@eager.cx> escribió:

>Date on keyboard is 1992-02-12. I paid about £130 for it.

Worth every penny too.

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#10036

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-01-16 20:35 +0000
Message-ID<dfvnsvFt0s9U21@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#10034
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:54:30 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

> En el artículo <dfvfnlFt0s9U16@mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
> <news0006@eager.cx> escribió:
> 
>>Date on keyboard is 1992-02-12. I paid about £130 for it.
> 
> Worth every penny too.

Yes. It really has been in daily use.



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#10035

FromRich <rich@example.invalid>
Date2016-01-16 18:59 +0000
Message-ID<n7e3v6$mie$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#10029
In comp.misc Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:15:28 +0000, Reentrant wrote:

> > On 16/01/2016 13:39, Bob Eager wrote:
> > 
> >> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You
> >> can probably guess what it is.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > As you (like me) are a former IBM engineer I doubt very much that you
> > *bought* an IBM keyboard!
> > 
> > I still have several classic "buckling spring" ones in the loft.

> Sorry, never worked for IBM. I have worked for the same employer since 
> 1976 and have just retired! And it wasn't IBM.

> Date on keyboard is 1992-02-12. I paid about £130 for it.

My older Northgate Omnikey is from late 1991 to early 1992 - so same
timeframe/age as yours.  I paid (if memory serves) $129 US for it at
the time.

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#10037

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-01-16 20:36 +0000
Message-ID<dfvnv5Ft0s9U22@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#10035
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:59:50 +0000, Rich wrote:

> In comp.misc Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:15:28 +0000, Reentrant wrote:
> 
>> > On 16/01/2016 13:39, Bob Eager wrote:
>> > 
>> >> The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You
>> >> can probably guess what it is.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > As you (like me) are a former IBM engineer I doubt very much that you
>> > *bought* an IBM keyboard!
>> > 
>> > I still have several classic "buckling spring" ones in the loft.
> 
>> Sorry, never worked for IBM. I have worked for the same employer since
>> 1976 and have just retired! And it wasn't IBM.
> 
>> Date on keyboard is 1992-02-12. I paid about £130 for it.
> 
> My older Northgate Omnikey is from late 1991 to early 1992 - so same
> timeframe/age as yours.  I paid (if memory serves) $129 US for it at the
> time.

The 1989 one was in daily use 1989-2015. I stopped using it a month ago 
when I retired (I was allowed a FreeBSD machine in the office as well as 
my work Windows one).



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#10033

FromMike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk>
Date2016-01-16 18:53 +0000
Message-ID<6XvNhcjPGpmWFwFN@jasper.org.uk>
In reply to#10020
En el artículo <dfuvggFt0s9U14@mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
<news0006@eager.cx> escribió:

>The last keyboard I bought was in 1992. I am using it right now. You can 
>probably guess what it is.

A model M.

Fujitsu made a very nice keyboard to go with their range of PCs.  This
was in the days when the connector was a 5-pin DIN plug (AT style).

<http://product-images.highwire.com/2547437/347b1955-8067-4783-a518-392e
c5c23cc4.jpg>

It was sculpted like the model M and 'felt' the same but a lot quieter
(less clicky).  I was gutted when I spilt a coffee over it and wrecked
it.

-- 
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(='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke!
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#10053

FromRS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com>
Date2016-01-18 08:54 +0300
Message-ID<dg3d0gF5tj1U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#10003
Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> Wrote in message:
> Looks like my trusty Logitech Y-BE22 keyboard (or its no-longer
> supported software) might be about to fail.
> 
> I want a full-size wired keyboard, with media keys, and the LH
> scroll wheel is also pretty useful. Any suggestions?
> 
> Chris
> -- 
> Chris J Dixon  Nottingham UK
> chris@cdixon.me.uk
> 
> Plant amazing Acers.
> 

This article might be a good starting point.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380376,00.asp

You and i have different tastes in keyboards so I cant offer too
 much advice.  But I understand Microsoft fullsize keyboards have
 media keys etc. And are well made.

You might also like the high end gaming keyboards like Razor. They
 might have media keys and are usually fully customizable with
 macros etc.

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#10055

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2016-01-18 08:41 +0000
Message-ID<n7i8f4$rr$2@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#10053
On 18/01/16 05:54, RS Wood wrote:
>   But I understand Microsoft fullsize keyboards have
>   media keys etc. And are well made.

ROFLMAO.

This Microsoft mouse and  keyboard is less than 12 weeks old, and 
already the A and the S keys have no writing on them, and the T an N are 
almost worn away.

And its on its second set of mouse batteries (wireless)



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