Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 04 June 2009 16:39:39 Dale wrote:
> Ajai Khattri wrote:
> > On Sun, 31 May 2009, Adrian wrote:
> >> It's finally getting worn out, keys are sticking pretty bad.  I would
> >> like to get a new one, but the company I purchased it from (via the
> >> internet) seems to not exist any more.  Some google action has not
> >> resulted in locating any similar keyboards.
> >
> > About once a year, I wash all my keyboards (no, seriously).
> > Dishwasher, quick wash, cold, then leave somewhere warm to dry for a
> > couple days.
> >
> > Afterwards, the tactile response feels like new :-)
>
> When I was working on computers, I used to clean them with pure alcohol
> then lay them on top of the A/C condenser, you know, the hot part.  It
> would dry real good in a couple hours.  Heat plus the large volume of
> air works very well.  Be careful that the air doesn't blow the keyboard
> off tho.  Some A/C systems can blow huge amounts of air.
>
> That was mostly done on IBM XT/AT and Wyse 50 terminal keyboards by the
> way.  I'm not sure about some of these new keyboards with the little
> rubber pad thingys.
>
> Those old keyboards sure did click loud tho.  lol

IBM system M keyboard ... best keyboard ever made.

They were so loud the switch construction even got given a name :
buckling spring

:-)


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