question about PC's (keyboards ...)

[E. Bacic wcsemb@ccs.carleton.ca]

Steve Kotsopoulos writes:
> 
> Byron Rakitzis <byron@netapp.com> wrote:
> > Additionally, does anyone have any pointers towards a supplier of a
> > high-quality keyboard?
> 
> I've never had a better keyboard than the NCD "Unix style" keyboard.
> It is similar to what the MIPS Magnum 3000's came with.

I've tried many keyboards (though not the one mentioned above) but I
am a strong convert to the new Microsoft keyboard.  My past favourite
was the Sun Mark 4 Keyboard, which is difficult to get now because
they always ship the shitty PC keyboards with the new Suns, sigh.
Anyway, the Microsoft keyboard is made by Keytronic, has an excellent
feel, and the split in the keys is great if you're a touchtypist (if
not, forget about the keyboard, it'll drive you nuts).

I've also noticed with the Microsoft keyboard that my wrists hurt less
(they had begun to hurt with the old style keyboards but the MS
keyboard has a more natural finger/arm placement -- yeah, just like
the ads say :-).  I'd recommend it, and along with the MS mouse happen
to be the best things to come out of Microsoft yet!  Funny that,
hardware being their best products to date :-).

Oh, the only thing that might annoy you is the placement of the
control key.  However, the keyboard is programmable so you could swap
the two.

                                                            emb

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