Re: keyboards

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

I love my DasKeyboard. Has almost the feel of the IBM
Selectric. Almost. Model number begins: DASK3MKPRO
I recommend against their models lacking letters on the keytops. I'm a
touch typist, but it still is a terrible idea.
http://www.daskeyboard.com/
> since I need a new keyboard,
> I started looking around. turns out there is a enthusiastic tactile-key
> response cult. today's keyboard connoisseurs are primarily
> gamers
>
> http://geekhack.org/index.php; eudora="autourl">
> http://geekhack.org/index.php
>
> Toms Hardware has a pretty good -- typically for Toms, ad-filled --
> summary of the specs and characteristics of the various Cherry switches
> -- does a fine job of summarizing the various clicks and clacks you've
> felt beneath your fingers lo these thirty years.
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mechanical-switch-keyboard,2955.html; eudora="autourl">
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mechanical-switch-keyboard,2955.html
>
> based on very preliminary research, the vaunted ALPS are apparently
> superannuated -- the "complicated ALPS" superior to today's
> "simple ALPS."
>
> my ten-year-old Adresso is starting to fade -- turns out it's MX Cherry
> Blue keys. I may replace it with a like model for ~$75 but I may also see
> if B&H or someone has Cherry Brown or Cherry Black to try.
>
> -rafe