Re: OT: clicky keyboards

Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> writes:

>
> I"ve been typing on mine for a couple hours now and it's
> fantastic. The sound takes me back. And once you adjust to an
> ever-so-slightly-different key spacing, it's a breeze. I swear I'm
> typing faster with fewer mistakes. And definitely less fatigue.
>
> Finding an old one lying around would definitely be a score.

A couple of years ago my wife wandered into the local school district clearinghouse (or whatever it is called, but it is the place where the school board used to get rid of old stuff) and found a big box full of old model M IBM clicky keyboards. She brought home four or five for just about as many dollars. And several of them were the pre-lexmark actual IBMs. Of course, the school district stopped selling stuff like that not long after, so I never got anymore.

Maybe other areas have a similar situation, with school districts selling their old equipment cheap. For those looking for this kind of deal it might be worth it to make some calls and see what the local government does with their stuff. It sure beats that Belkin at Wal-Mart.

Patrick

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