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 1OlZjR-0004hi-Cg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:54:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F662E071E; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D21F8E071E for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:53:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyf1 with SMTP id 1so53690gyf.40 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:53:53 -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=l6nQBqTFbM6MjCurMHhPjJ9wO7dB9PkFRfSxTJhH9gI=; b=S4TfSSBCTDfXJpPApUtL5DJDjCX+dCfulnzwfyjWSuzXCk8F4w5qAGKBl5zesRKVQK S4OqiUPfFt75yU9Z9WxxFiAtEAFhnj4KJBWJVp647JlwR0zLkRXw5mz2+G830kX1wPIL kGZwjrDPAbrv6zuGBXj7qURecgI1EbHmJWODk= 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=r08EG2m6j4AdIcPALRrcVTHUBb+tK5Rwzdg8SkuxUi7isxmGHOo1PRlH/f73JhgZRs tGOKzNHs/ys9ZlUnv36VYS126f0aHBkzyE+mLU6d9KAA/WyBZuJMcVZvNw4o8vBxzf6Z NaaAlQxjmwcZCYYguGv1Jp2gFfsdbK6QFpqsw= Received: by 10.150.202.9 with SMTP id z9mr8310240ybf.87.1282103633484; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:53:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-123-240.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.123.240]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q31sm817553ybk.1.2010.08.17.20.53.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C6B594E.1020601@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:53:50 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100801 Gentoo/2.0.6 SeaMonkey/2.0.6 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] Typewriter sound References: <20100817172005.GA5110@solfire> <20100817224727.GA5252@solfire> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3650af73-d8fc-4d23-9702-ee5eb02b1cb9 X-Archives-Hash: 448f2d8e74669535011c46b9ac1ed6dd Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:47 PM, wrote: > >> By the way (the same way! ;)) >> I am in search of such an "model m" IBM-keyboard. A colleque >> yesterday calls me and said, that he found one for me in the >> PC-junk at the basement of the building he is working in. >> Hopefully it is one which is 1.) fully working and 2.) >> with german keyboard layout. Fingers crossed. >> > Unicomp owns the patent from the original IBM/Lexmark Model M > keyboards, they still make& sell modern versions (with USB and > Windows keys, if you want, also versions with PS/2 or without windows > keys are available). And you can buy it with German configuration. You > can even buy it with quiet keys, but what is the point of that?? ;) > They are made in the USA but can be shipped worldwide. > > This is the model I have (in black with grey keys): > http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html > > It is the same size and weight like the old keyboards, very heavy, > each key cap can be removed, it is loud& clicks nicely and is very > awesome. For USD$69 I think it is a bargain, I type on the computer > every day and this keyboard is simply perfect to me. After using cheap > $5 and $10 keyboards for so many years, now I will never go back to > those. > > Their website is http://www.pckeyboard.com and they have other > keyboard variations such as a Linux keyboard. > > I highly recommend it for anyone who likes a huge and loud keyboard > that feels incredible. :) > > I think I got a old IBM AT/XT keyboard out in my shop. It has the wrong connector tho. Those things are pretty loud. You are right, they are heavy tho. Hmmm, could buy a adapter I guess. Oh, I threw out the old 14" hard drives a while back. I had two of those too. o_O Dale :-) :-)