Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!beta!hc!ames!oliveb!dragon From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Northgate PC Keyboards Message-ID: <5349@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 11:25:44 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.5349 Posted: Fri Sep 18 11:25:44 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 03:33:11 EDT References: <13947@clyde.ATT.COM> Distribution: na Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA Lines: 35 in article <13947@clyde.ATT.COM>, feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke) says: > PC Week has been carrying an ad by Northgate Computer Systems > in Plymouth, Minnesota for a "Click-Tactile" PC keyboard > they claim has the feel of an electric typewriter. > My PC came with a Keytronics 5150 which has the feel > of typing on fresh bread. > Has anyone experience with this company and their product? > Does the keyboard feel measure up to their claims? > Forrest Gehrke I'm alos interested in hearing about this keyboard, since I really *like* the true blue keyboards (call me a masochist). What's funny is they mention in the ad that other clone brand keyboards (Keytronics, Maxiswitch, BTC) _don't_ have the tactile feedback... but the Maxiswitch I have does, and I have seen numerous Keytronics that have also (along with numerous Keytronics that don't). Besides these, has anyone run into some other keyboards with a good tactile feedback? I'd also like to find one with an EXACT layout like that of the IBM Enhanced keyboards... seems most manufacturers tend to juggle the keys around and use the 'L' shaped enter key instead of the '-' shaped key like IBM's. Reason being I _hate_ moving to and from the PCs at home and work when they all have different keyboard layouts. --Dean -- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!dragon-oatc!dean Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____ 'Such a strange girl, I think I'm falling in love' --The Cure