On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:43:27PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > If you need that amazingly insightful gift for someone (yourself?) > > this year, check out www.clickykeyboards.com for real IBM > > keyboards. Mine just arrived and I'm in heaven.=20 > > Also known as the Carpal Tunnel special. > > Seriously, this is the worst idea I've seen on this list in a long > time. The PC keyboard had that exaggerated click so it would feel more > like a Selectric typewriter. IBM Data Entry Division wanted to sell > PCs through the typewriter channel because Armonk didn't want the PC. > The Boca Raton marketing droids hoped it would be more familiar than the > somewhat ergonomic computer keyboards common in the late '70s, so it > would be easier for typewriter salesmen to sell. > Over time the cost pressure of the clone market devolved it to > the hard-stop ABS-against-ABS nightmare we use today. > Millions of crippling Carpal Tunnel Syndrome cases > because of office politics and marketing BS at IBM.
Interesting bit of history. I suppose to each their own, though I'm *personally* finding this to be much easier to type on. And I find I'm using less pressure (at least my hand's feel less tired) and my accuracy has gone up too. There is no doubt that it's a personal choice thing and one should use what one prefers. </diplomatic response> ;-) > > I'd pay real money for a well made PS2-compatible keyboard with the > silent action and soft squishy travel-stops we had on the Convergent and > Altos thin client machine keyboards circa 1985. You could type > hard and fast on those all day and not feel it in your fingertips > and wrists. As far as I know, nobody makes good keyboards anywhere > any more. I'm typing this on a Goldtouch. The hinge doesn't open far > enough. It's got the same gawd-awful hard travelstops as the generic > 104-key you can get for $5 at any computer store. Awful. I tried that > silly vinyl rollup too. The keys wobble around too much for > fast typing. It would have worked better if the keys had been > half the height. Stupid. no doubt there are some stupid keyboards out there. I can't believe people try to use those "laser" keyboards where the image is projected on the table top. ridiculous. A
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