On 08/29/2015 09:20 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
On Sat, August 29, 2015 8:33 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 29 August 2015 21:24:47 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
Forgive me; my fingers are dyslexic.
So are mine. They don't type what I tell them to lots of the time.
Coulnd't be the accumulated years (nearly 81) could it?
Not necessarily.
From time to time, I have found a sudden, large increase in the number of
typographical errors in the documents which I produce. And several times,
investigation has revealed that the problem lies in a worn-out keyboard.
Back in the 1960's and 1970's, manufacturers such as Honeywell and Cherry
made keyswitches with a life rating in the tens of millions or even
hundreds of millions of keystrokes. Nowadays, it is becoming difficult to
find a keyboard with a rating in the tens of thousands of keystrokes.
Many manufacturers today have a poor keyswitch design which utilizes
low-quality plastics; they depend upon a lubricant such as wax to keep the
plunger working freely. And when the wax wears away, the plunger begins
to stick. And when the plunger does not depress freely, the result is a
multitude of typographical errors.
RLH
What you need is an IBM model M keyboard. They are refurbished and sold by
Clicky Keys:
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/
as well as some other designs that use prime components. I am using three model
M
keyboards here, on two desktops and on one in-place laptop. I got these 15 or
more
years ago, as surplus from office closings, etc. They have never been
refurbished
and work perfectly, and they will surely be working perfectly long after I'm
dead, if
some nincompoop doesn't throw them out for not having Windows keys.
(You can get a keyboard modifier program to make some hardly-used key into
a Win key. I have selected the * above the number block.) You probably don't
need
the right Windows key--that would be a good key to make into a Compose key, but
since I don't have that key either, I use the right ALT key for Compose.
Do not be bummed by the price: you buy that once and you will never need
another!
--doug
