From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MCFC0-0002m3-DL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E452E03EA; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:49:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.247]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 591DCE03EA for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:49:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id l33so99493rvb.34 for ; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:49:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=k2tUcjJ5tsO+MKKVEKHeW2apQ6u5F4WOZIGiBL4bdEw=; b=XHl1Ho2XysGLiOCVrMejYU+IMcECZqfME5OWVQUNA4gCCC5HneGOzm0VyKUtTthrVO KGKY6zDMvwCBKlL+D9udkW73E6/FR+WFae4h9yee8ogqAy+S3+wudfTfjH3ESnO/AkX7 s1faZzvgpB3JNEGpU1chV81F42UH0cZBN16+E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SNHWvtRZCaevG9SyGIBCyE+CoSlo3Iyks5xxljtVcj2vRzlccqlJL4BxdT8zkPAx5Z FlEdgILA44vUIa6wgghIOMAxt1w/Jf+zrF8QnuKdTaw0RCXcplO6RH2Sxr5rZH8BISev djQzpJeEsWOpW7LFiVyEfgMaYYE3qCbtqFNpg= Received: by 10.141.177.2 with SMTP id e2mr2189171rvp.114.1244130561877; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:49:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.164.42? (r164h42.dixie-net.com [64.89.164.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c20sm3280431rvf.0.2009.06.04.08.49.19 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:49:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A27ECFB.4030404@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:49:15 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090529 SeaMonkey/1.1.16 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard References: <20090531141405.45adc333@gentoo-01> <20090604073351.O899@shell.bway.net> <4A27DCAB.5090001@gmail.com> <200906041714.12946.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20090604152524.GA4784@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20090604152524.GA4784@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 54993e10-ba5a-4d00-a21c-79e0f0c5ca2a X-Archives-Hash: ac9a55dbe1ea5171a76f83b8825cbdbb Philip Webb wrote: > 090604 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Thursday 04 June 2009 16:39:39 Dale wrote: >> >>> Ajai Khattri wrote: >>> >>>> About once a year, I wash all my keyboards (no, seriously). >>>> Dishwasher, quick wash, cold, leave somewhere warm to dry couple days. >>>> >>> 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. >>> >> IBM system M keyboard ... best keyboard ever made. >> > > I'm still using the keyboard which came with my Sanyo XT in 1989 : > lives on dust + crumbs, never cleaned, works as well as when I got it. > Secret ? -- actually made in Japan ... (grin) > > Secret, it actually has a switch instead of some touchy crap. While that switch is not completely sealed, it does keep out most stuff. Of course, Coke will upset it's tummy pretty quick. Jeez, I liked those keyboards. Dale :-) :-)