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From: cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Northgate keyboards / ZEOS question
Message-ID: <2305@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 17:42:57 GMT
References: <1990Feb24.001031.14508@agate.berkeley.edu>
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Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York
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In article <1990Feb24.001031.14508@agate.berkeley.edu> tdoi@tsunami.Berkeley.EDU (Takeshi Doi) writes:
>Does anyone know if the ZEOS enhanced keyboards with the function keys
>on the left have the same 'feel' and noise as the Northgate/IBM?

				i have a Zeos keyboard ( i'm typing on
it right now ) , and i like it better than any other keyboard i've tried
. i'm not certain whether or not you would , though . the Zeos keyboards
do have tacticle and audible feedback . i've never tried a Northgate
keyboard , but i can compare them to IBM's keyboards . the feel of the
keyboard is somewhat softer -- it takes a little less force to depress
the key , and the tactile feedback ( the " click " that you feel when
the keyswitch engages ) is softer . the audible feedback is less sharp
than the IBM , too . it's a mechanical sound , but not quite the biting
pop that IBM's emit . 

				really , though , it's hard to learn
anything about a keyboard by reading about it . your best bet is to try
them out . if you can't find someone else that has one , then i think
that Zeos has a 30 - day , no - questions - asked , return policy , so
you can try it without risk .

							-a.stranger

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