[GRLUG] Old Keyboard?

[Dave Chiodo]

Well, if I were to buy one, then I could send my current one in for
repairs and that would become the spare.

And ten years from now someone better have come up with some sort of
brain/bluetooth interface to make keyboards irrelevant.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Josh <leapole at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would buy 2. You don't want to be in the situation again 10 years down the road.
>
> On Apr 9, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Dave Chiodo <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> FWIW PS/2 to USB adapters arent uncommon.
>>
>> And the model M, while it has a much better feel than other modern
>> crap, still doesn't have the layout I'm seeking.
>>
>> I'm probably going to just end up buying one from the northgate repair guy.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org> wrote:
>>> I have to cast around to find it but I once designed a replacement control
>>> board that turned model M PS2 keyboards into USB devices.  I kind of lost
>>> track of the design when my last model M died.
>>>
>>> I miss that keyboard.... Doubled my typing spend and annoyed my coworkers
>>> enough to get a private office.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2013 10:05 AM, "Matt Behrens" <matt at zigg.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Steven Scherbinski
>>>> <steve.scherbinski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For an old style mechanical keyboard, the old Model M IBM's are still
>>>> being made.  I'm not sure how they are different from the Northgate.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pckeyboard.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a couple of these; one's on my desk at work.  I think the
>>>> buckling-spring switches are unique to the Model M and Unicomp's keyboards.
>>>>
>>>> I also have a few old PS/2 Model Ms that I probably should get rid of,
>>>> since I'm moving away from PS/2.  Slowly.
>>>>
>>>>
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