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From: dont@xios.XIOS.UUCP (Don Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Northgate PC Keyboards
Message-ID: <379@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 10:11:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: xios.379
Posted: Tue Sep 22 10:11:09 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 09:24:33 EDT
References: <13947@clyde.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dont@sdn.UUCP (Don Taylor)
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Organization: XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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In article <13947@clyde.ATT.COM> feg@clyde.UUCP writes:
>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 received my Northgate keyboard yesterday!  I wanted to replace
my 'fresh bread' 101-key keyboard with an 84-key (old AT-style)
keyboard that had some tactile response.  

Northgate mailed it off promptly, they have a 10-day return it if
you don't like it for any reason policy, a 30-day return if it is
incompatible policy, and a 1 year warranty.

So far, I like it a lot.  It is not quite as good as an IBM keyboard,
but it is a WHOLE lot better than any other clone keyboard that I have
used.  (I started out using ASR33's, so maybe I like more tactile
feedback than most). 

Cosmetic problems:  the cord is a bit short, the 5-pin plug is so long that
I can't shut the little door on the front of my machine (an Epson) that
hides the plug from view, and the space between the function key pad and
the main key pad is too tight for the function key overlays that I have
(but never use anyway).

I feel that I got a good deal for my money.  My only problem now is
convincing Canada Customs not to charge me duty and taxes on the $250
at which they valued the keyboard!

Don Taylor.

(the usual disclaimers)

Don Taylor,                          
XIOS Systems Corporation,       ...seismo!uunet!mnetor!dciem!nrcaer!xios!dont
1600 Carling Avenue, Suite 150,             
Ottawa, Ontario.                                    
K1Z 8R8				      613-725-5411	                
Canada.                                      

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Don Taylor,                          
XIOS Systems Corporation,       ...seismo!uunet!mnetor!dciem!nrcaer!xios!dont
1600 Carling Avenue, Suite 150,             
Ottawa, Ontario.                                    
K1Z 8R8				      613-725-5411	                
Canada.