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Subject: Re: Northgate C/T keyboards
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Date: 10 Mar 89 10:27:43 GMT
References: <1989Mar9.200917.2634@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: kawaguch@girtab.usc.edu (Atsushi Kawaguchi)
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In article <1989Mar9.200917.2634@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> sarathy@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Rajiv Sarathy) writes:
>I've been seeing Northgate (of Minnesota, I think) ads consistently in
>PC Magazine for the last year and a half.
>
>They advertise an enhanced keyboard, which they claim has a tactile response
>approaching that of an IBM.  Can anyone validate this claim?
>
>On the picture, there seemed to be some sort of membrane-switches or some other
>dark "patch" just above the top row of keys (the picture wasn't of great
>quality).  What is it?

I considered buying this keyboard too, but decided to buy datadesk keyboard.
I think the dark 'patch' is just there to write things in with pencil- not
a membrane switch or anything.  There's a function switch at left end of
keyboard, which I think the company said people prefer that way, or something.
I don't know if the tactile feeling of this keyboard, but one of the best 
ones I know are by keytronics, honeywell, and datadesk.  Keytronics and 
honeywell go for something over $200, and datadesk around $150, but I 
think it's far more worth it than those taiwanese $50 keyboards.

Jun