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 193271381F3 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 17:29:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B03D321C015; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 17:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s-out-001.smtp25.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519B6E058A for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 17:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-72.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.72]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id qA6HQxdQ004902 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:26:59 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA6HQwuh020570 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:26:58 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (double)click In-reply-to: References: <5097B6DF.9040900@xunil.at> <509807D5.7060301@xunil.at> <2430261.ngY0QH2qYk@energy> <50982369.4010608@xunil.at> <20121106000136.00201fc2@khamul.example.com> <20121106170317.2dc5b1de@khamul.example.com> Comments: In-reply-to Grant Edwards message dated "Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:17:10 +0000." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.2 Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:26:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20569.1352222818@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 71.171.111.72 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-qA6HQxdQ004902 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 X-Archives-Salt: 984845f6-14d4-4944-951a-5efc47949e30 X-Archives-Hash: 62fb4304418e5085db6320cf5121ea6f Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-11-06, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> 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? > > Yea, Unicomp bought the rights and sells them for $80: > > http://www.pckeyboard.com/ > > I was thrilled when I saw they offered a "spacesaver M" model. I > thought it was going to be a clone of the IBM 84-key model M "space > saver" that IBM sold back in 87-89. > > Nope. It's the same desk-hogging size as a regular M -- not really > sure where the "space saving" comes from. > > So now I'm really torn between the key-action of the M and the smaller > size and built-in pointer of the IBM spacesaver II. > > Once upon a time, there was a Minnesota company called Omnikey that > made excellent keyboards -- almost as good as the model M (and they > had a dipswitch and extra keycaps that let you have a proper Control > key). I think got bought by Northgate, and then went out of business > back when all the other smaller clone manufactures... Take a look at a company called Ergonomic Resources -- sorry I no longer have the URL, but they make a similar keyboard which has actual switches! etc. I do have the name -- Avant keyboard. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com