On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > …are the bane of my existence and should all rot in hell. > > > <snip> > > > In their defense (and yes, I think they are awful no good people), I guess > you can't fault them too much since up until fairly recently a quality > mechanical keyboard was either too expensive or practically impossible to > source for a modern computer, what with the obsession with flat square > keycaps with next to no travel, etc. At least now we are starting to get > some decent lower cost options in the marketplace as new. Maybe these new > keyboards will dissuade people from destroying rare artifacts. > Also - I should add the vendor at VCF SE did have new keyboards to sell too, I think he was thinking the vintage people would like to see some vintage keyboards to buy, and perhaps to marry back to their original systems. I also think a lot of keyboard enthusiasts have no idea that there is a historically-significant computer associated with the keyboard. Ignorance is a factor. I have come upon batches of keyboards with no machines in my travels, and I have a few IBM terminal keyboards (newer type M's), but no one seemed to want them unless I removed the RJ jack and put in a PS/2 jack. Bill
