Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:3108 rec.ham-radio:26994 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!ryn.esg.dec.com!ricks.enet.dec.com!reisert From: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,rec.ham-radio Subject: Re: Giving up on Northgate OmniKey Plus Message-ID: <3462@ryn.esg.dec.com> Date: 13 Nov 90 20:20:04 GMT Sender: guest@ryn.esg.dec.com Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Distribution: na Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Hudson, MA Lines: 26 In article , marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes... > >I saw a NorthGate OmniKey Plus in an ad this summer and I loved the >layout. >... >I was really excited the day it arrived. I hooked it up and went to >work. I couldn't believe the racket! Wow was it loud. I like the feel, but never noticed the sound problem until I tried to use one in a voice ham radio contest. Every time I typed a key, it would trip off the VOX (voice-operated relay) and I'd miss part of what I was trying to copy down. Fortunately, I found a quieter keyboard to use for the European runs the next morning. - Jim AD1C =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!ricks.enet!reisert 77 Reed Road Hudson, MA 01749-2895