Re: OT: clicky keyboards

[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <9xwiH-51q-13@gated-at.bofh.it>, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

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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.

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.

Cameron

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