Still Looking for the Perfect Keyboard
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One of the developments that I track is what is being offered to the public in terms of keyboards. It is my search for the perfect keyboard. Patrick Goss has accumulated a review of sixteen of the latest keyboards. He calls these the ‘funkiest keyboards’:
link: The Funkiest Keyboards
Some of the keyboards that are reviewed look nothing like the conventional keyboard. Some look like works of art. - And, to me, it probably means that it is way beyond my price range if the cost is not mentioned.
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4 Comments
B.L. Ochman
February 1st, 2008
at 2:24pm
I have been using Kinesis Advantage for about two years. took some getting used to, but my hands thanked me.
i actually am about to buy a second one because i think this one is almost worn out. a lot of keyboard issues are from not replacing them regularly IMO
gregg mckinney
February 1st, 2008
at 5:49pm
I have been looking for a keyboard that has the feel of the the old IBM electric typewritters. That had that solid “click” when engaged. They weren’t wobbley & clacky like every keyboard I have tried. I currently use an old COMPAQ KB-0133 that I picked up at a thrift-store for $2.00. It was orginal equipment with some Compaq model. I also have a Sony PCVA-KB1P/UB as a backup, it’s not bad… the layout is a little funky with the arrow-keys being inline with the space-er and just below the shift & Enter Keys. I would still love to have that solid feel that you get from an old IBM Electric… that’s what I learned on and that’s what I miss in typing.
I even found a program that make the “click” sound of a typewritter and used it for a while some years ago.
Guruka Singh
February 2nd, 2008
at 8:34pm
Okay Gregg - Have you checked out the CVT keyboards http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/menu.htm they are awesome! You might also like the Unicomp keyboards - http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html
I still have my original Northgate Omnikey which I dearly love. Just like the original IBM keyboards. Perfect Cherry switch click keys. It’s been working perfectly for 20 years!
…..G
John Howard Oxley
February 4th, 2008
at 1:47pm
I too had my original NORTHGATE Omnikey, which was my keyboard of choice for 15 years, until a couple of weeks ago. I came in from a long cigar smoke in the cold outdoors, walked into the computing room, and my hand just brushed accidentally against the keyboard. There was a sharp click and a static shock sensation, and when I sat down to use the keyboard, it was dead as a mullet mallet.
I have been computing for more than 2 decades, in all sorts of weather conditions, and I have fried my fair share of components via static, but this was a first for me. Fortunately I have a spare keyboard for each of my systems, though I will want to replace the NORTHGATE.
I presume it cannot be repaired — if it can be, I would be most interested to know this.