Where Can I Find Keyboard Reviews? 16
PhilLong asks: "I have a friend that is using an IBM keyboard from 5+ years back, the kind that didn't use rubber domes and had an emphatic "click" when used. I'd like to get him a new one so that he's not lost when the current one slips a key, and so he can use the ... ummm ... extra meta key. Where can I find such a keyboard, or more generally, where can I find keyboard reviews (subjective as I know they must be)?" Keyboard reviews? Now that's a neat idea...
Maybe usenet/deja.com? (Score:1)
There was also a great discussion of keyboards and keyboard features in the recent Slashdot poll "Most Important Part of a Keyboard", but most of the past polls are missing all of the comments. Does anyone know if this is a normal thing? I seem to remember past polls keeping the comments at one point in time.
No! (Score:1)
Good keyboards (Score:1)
I know this is slightly off-topic, but I hope that it helps you.
I can give you some good sources for finding "new" used IBM keyboards. The best one is to find someone who works in IT for a large company. Large companies often hold onto obsolete equipment for way too long, so they are still now giving away these keyboards.
BTW: the *BEST* IBM keyboard is the RS/6000 units. On the "newer" (Post 1990) RS/6000s, they used what looks really close to an AT keyboard, with the three differences being:
1) Right Ctrl key labled "ctrl/act"
2) Speaker in bottom (doesn't do anything on a PC)
3) Super-long cable
But, even if you can't find one of these goodies, an old AT keyboard will work. I have the sad feeling, though, that these are going to get hard to find. I'd buy the "happy-hacker" keyboard if only it made a real click...
Search engine anyone? (Score:2)
quotes).
http://www.reviewbooth.com/ is a meta-review site, that links to recent reviews all over the web. (check the peripherals at this link:
http://www.reviewbooth.com/hardware/pr_review_h
Also Thresh's firing squad has a really good keyboard review (imho anyway). Check it out at:
http://www.firingsquad.com/guides/keyboards/def
Hoe that helps.
IBM keyboards (Score:2)
Well, since your friend likes IBM keyboards enough to be using one for more than five years, it's probably a good idea to get him a new one of the same or similar type.
I picked up two genuine IBM keyboards (with the clicky keys!) at Unicomp (www.pckeyboard.com [pckeyboard.com]), which is located in Lexington. At the time, I paid $49 for each, which might seem a little expensive, but these things last forever.
Be warned that Unicomp's home page can be unavailable; the easiest way to order from them is through Yahoo. Try looking here [yahoo.com] for the classic IBM keyboard, or check out their whole range from the top page here [yahoo.com].
Get a Linux CoolKeyboard! (Score:1)
Good review of 1 keyboard + Old IBM Keyboard SRCs (Score:2)
Re:Get a Linux CoolKeyboard! (Score:1)
Why not? Because it's just a Windows keyboard that's been relabelled. The whole point is to get rid of the extra Windows. I have a 101-key keyboard at home and a Windows keyboard at work - I actually pulled the left-hand windows key off the keyboard at work because I kept hitting it instead of "Alt" when I was trying to use keyboard shortcuts.
Now I just wish I could get a split 101-key layout so that my wrists would stop hurting from spending too much time typing.
-Ender
Re:Get a Linux CoolKeyboard! (Score:1)
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IBM keyboards (Score:1)
If youre in eastern PA, check out this page [keystoneauctioneers.com] for a schedule of auctions.
As much as I hate to promote this store ... (Score:1)
As much as I hate to promote this store ... (Score:1)
1. The store is a secondhand dealership that might often make use of questionable business practices, (I might have worked there in the past, I may know what makes the place tick) and
2. The owner might have spent time in a Georgia "shock camp" for a felony conviction on possession and sale of stolen computer equipment.
If the above two potentialities fail to dissuade, then said IBM keyboards may be acquisitable at:
The Park Avenue Trading Post
Rochester, NY (14607? 14620? 14613? check Big Yellow [bigyellow.com] or the like)
Newer IBM keyboards (Score:1)
- Mike
Happy Hacking Keyboard (Score:2)
that damned noise.