From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651F91381F3 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2201121C05D; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E598E00AB for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id hq12so398946wib.10 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:05:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0xNLpWCvY1nf5kHoIwsVYVLE6x9mrvWhfAe3SBe5mrI=; b=uudDFqNLP8yNtipVwZVld3d1+11uXfYeep5waGSxlzif6YfAgV0Wz324Ixz30sWm2S AM43DZNNpIR/MebZOm4JhfNoL+QWx8PJbxljEozdo2CPGQRS8UQG1RDHufPHME+m0FyD +OhsBYox7sAK4Cr8hSfUAWW4yCdqYCsK0vDJqlAeTbBGViNANz8P/f4F+I/ONm2Gnfhb +mgVuEmTTjz7HgEi4iLL9D3otqDFxcxFUBOI9HAbk+WFaIYBs2rX0YbI/sFXulEZMFBR B8eKAt4AbCZwA4k/1+m9wz4xBv/IRzXD1ta8Ld4OdLh2nGTFi+iwXpTuxVBJTidYeWWn JijA== Received: by 10.180.99.97 with SMTP id ep1mr19629947wib.9.1352214335385; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:05:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-210-114-11.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.114.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fg6sm14963274wib.3.2012.11.06.07.05.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:05:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 17:03:17 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (double)click Message-ID: <20121106170317.2dc5b1de@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <5097B6DF.9040900@xunil.at> <509807D5.7060301@xunil.at> <2430261.ngY0QH2qYk@energy> <50982369.4010608@xunil.at> <20121106000136.00201fc2@khamul.example.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 25f63753-4ee3-443c-84c3-7e878f1605b6 X-Archives-Hash: 9b4899b5ec199b7ca6a140d4b818febe On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-11-05, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > and my prized possession: a Dell-branded Model-M craftily lifted > > out of the corner where it was hiding and no-one knew what it even > > was :-) > > Microsoft can't touch IBM when it comes to quality keyboards. > > The keyboard that came with my 8Mhz IBM PC-AT back in 1986 still gets > used every day and still works as good as the day I unpacked it. It's > an absolutely brilliant job of engineering and manufacturing. That's because it's a Model M - the best keyboard ever made IMNSHO You know you can still buy those? Some crowd bought the entire manufacturing rights to the Model M and set up shop making them for sale. Same keyboard, some models have electronic updates (like USB), same brilliant key action, same ability to be used as a lethal weapon (club) or as a cricket bat ;-) Cost is around $100 each last time I looked. > > I'm also very fond the IBM "space saver" keyaboard with the built in > "eraser nub" mouse keys and _without_ the waste-of-space numeric > keypad. I'm an engineer, not a checkout clerk at a grocery store... > > I _really_ wanted to like my happy hacker keyboard, but the key action > was just too stiff and vague. > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com