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 51F231381F3 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:19:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 252BC21C05F; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DA621C009 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72A6933D866 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:17:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.518 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.518 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.348, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.37, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9FLs5Jy0AaUu for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7188C33D852 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TVlqF-0008Hk-FB for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:17:31 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:17:31 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:17:31 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: (double)click Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) 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: f4896b0b-ae98-4b81-b2c0-304e635b9db4 X-Archives-Hash: 3aa2658a2642e5c4aa9d98f8b2932fb4 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... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Will it improve my at CASH FLOW? gmail.com