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From: bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Let's Talk Keyboards!
Message-ID: <960@camco.Celestial.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 91 22:17:07 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.104658.1@hulaw1.harvard.edu>
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
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In <1991Apr2.104658.1@hulaw1.harvard.edu> peregrin@hulaw1.harvard.edu writes:


>	This isn't exactly comp.editors material, but I believe it's something
>we (who are chained to the keyboard) all have strong opinions on :

I believe this falls under the category of religious discussions.

>	What *keyboards* do people prefer?  In the course of a day, I may be
>using the Apple extended keyboard, a DEC LK201, or a Sparcstation keyboard, or a

If it were a perfect world, I would like something along the
lines of the Wyse-50 ansi keyboard.  It's very close to a
Selectric so is comfortable for touch typing, has function keys
above the keypad making it excellent for data entry, and has a
good feel.

Since it's not a perfect world I prefer the 101 key ``enhanced''
keyboards once I got used to the out-of-position CTRL and ESC keys
(I still hit CAPS-LOCK occassionally when going for CTRL).  My
main desire is to be able to have the same keyboard on all the
machines/terminals I use so I don't have to reorient myself every
time I sit down.  The biggest complaint I have with these
keyboards is that there are several variations on the |\ keys and
the size/shape of the ENTER key.

I prefer using the IOCOMM ``Wave'' keyboard (actually 102 keys
with two ``\|'' on either side of the space bar between the CTRL
and ALT keys).  Excellent feel, palm rest below the space bar and
they seem to be built to last.

Bill Campbell
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