Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: PC/AT Aftermarket Keyboards Message-ID: <1991May16.175527.12067@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 16 May 91 17:55:27 GMT References: <1991May14.162020.28897@bdt.com> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article jamaass@bluemoon.uucp (Jeffrey A. Maass) writes: >david@bdt.com (David Beckemeyer) writes: > >> I'm in the market for a new keyboard for my AT clone. I want one >> with the separate cursor keys and maybe even the extra bank of >> function keys. >> >> The prices seem to vary a great deal. I've seen some as low as >> $30 and others as high as $150. Are they really that different? > >YES! YES! YES! The $30 keyboards are best used to beat vicious >dogs over the head when walking in poor neighborhoods: certainly >not for data entry! Better to be forced to use a mouse... > >Go to your local store and pound on few different keyboards. >I "grew up" on true-blue IBM AT keyboard, and I'm fairly hard to >please. I find that I generally like the Northgate OmniKey 102: it >has a positive "Click" feedback and not the typical "mushy" feel >of most of the keyboards on the market. > >Put your fingers on every keyboard you see for a week or so, and >find the feel you like. Don't scrimp: you'll regret it dearly! I would like a *good* keyboard without clicks. Anyone know which is a high quality capacitive type keyboard for my AT? how about recommendations on a high-quality motherboard? A case? :-) Thanks! * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= N2JPG