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From: andrewm@atreus.uucp (Andrew Moizer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Atari ST keyboard
Summary: I like it too.
Message-ID: <1369@bmers58.UUCP>
Date: 14 Feb 90 18:01:45 GMT
References: <1129@carroll1.cc.edu> <2048@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1990Feb12.020657.25422@gumby.cc.wmich.edu> <20795@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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In article <20795@watdragon.waterloo.edu> swklassen@tiger.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen) writes:
>>In article <2048@ultb.isc.rit.edu> clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser) writes:
>>>
>>> Well, there aren't any REAL replacement keyboards for the ST.  You can
>>> buy those awful spring-things to stiffen up the keyboard, but they don't
>>> work.
>
>This may sound strange, but I personally, like the keyboard on my 1040ST
>much better than the keyboards which come standard with an IBM AT, PS/2,
>or (much worse) PC.

I must concur.  I like the light touch of the ST keyboard.  I can also touch type
and find some of the IBM keyboards (especially the 'XT') type terrible to use.  I
also don't like the click that so many people seem to require.
 
About the only improvement would be some marking of the 'home' keys (f & j) as I 
sometimes get going 'out of sync'
 
 for what it's worth
	  Andrew


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Robert Andrews
Bell-Northern Research
{uunet!attcan!}utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!titan!randrews <- haven't tried this yet