Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!jamison From: jamison@hobbes.Corp.Sun.COM (& Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: PC keyboards - where to look for a good quality? Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 00:51:22 GMT References: <3294@kluge.fiu.edu> <280b29f5.2ad2@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: /home/cloud_92/jamison/.organization Lines: 29 In-reply-to: cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu's message of 17 Apr 91 00:10:51 GMT >djewhurs@vega.acs.calpoly.edu (Derek Jewhurst) writes: >>In article <3294@kluge.fiu.edu> id8rld06@serss0.fiu.edu (Michael N Johnston) writes: >>>make a good keyboard. Many people love the keytronics. For MY money there >>>is only ONE keyboard company to consider. That is Northgate. I have two >>> >>I would also highly recommend the Northgate keyboard. The feel to them just > >I don't like KeyTronics especially, and I can't say if I've tried the >Northgate keyboard, but I have a keyboard made by 'Focus Easytronic, Ltd' >in Taiwan, model 2001. It's got those fancy switch-the-left-ctrl-key-and-the >shift-lock-key option & all that other fancy stuff--BUT it's got to be the >best keyboard I've ever used. Tactile response, beeps if you want'em, >just the right amount of key travel, etc. Highly Recommended. Hey, I've got the same keyboard, and feel the same way! When I bought my PC Clone recently, I tried all the keyboards in the shop; I could upgrade from the basic to the Northgate for $60, or to the 2001 for $15. My fingers couldn't tell the difference, and I've been very happy with the 2001. Mine even came with a removable translucent flip-down cover, which is very handy when the cat gets interested in my Wing Commander game and jumps up on the desk :-). -- Jamie Gray -- Jamison Gray, jamison@Eng.Sun.COM "Football is a mistake. It combines Sun Microsystems, M.S. 21-04 the two worst elements of American Life: Mountain View, CA 94043 violence and committee meetings" -George Will