Re: re Northgate keyboards

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Robert Holmgren wrote:

> ** Reply to note from Robert Kubie  on Fri, 05
> Jan 2001 21:43:54 -0600
>
> > I am afraid that was me, and they have stopped selling or servicing
> > Northgate Keyboards.
>
> But the Avant Stellar is an improved (it ought to be, at $189) clone
> of the Northgate OmniKey.

> in this shop, people
> fight for them (and for those nifty seeing-eye mice).

Say What ? Never heard of those. (I've been a fan of the Kensington
Expert Mouse, and to a lesser extent the original Logitech Trackman
Marble, but am certainly open to other suggestions. In general, though, I
prefer the trackball type.)

> http://www.cvtinc.com/stelpic.htm

This seems to be outdated, and now is 404'd. For the time being, try

http://biznet.maximizer.com/aci/itemaci!00011.html

I know they had something much more extensive on these keyboards, incl.
full spec-sheets (probably at their  www.ergo-2000.com  site), because I
printed out the pages for someone last summer. Now, I'm having a lot more
trouble locating those pages over there. They seem to have a whole lot of
stuff that they sell.

> or phone Mary Novakowski at [USA] 888-770-0500 x105

She's very nice, and helpful. I had a user to support who could not
toggle INS / OVR in Word 6, or later on in the Word in OFC. '97, using the
earlier Omni keyboards. The keys did nothing, and the selection on the
Top Menu was greyed out. We never found out Why, but we did find a
workaround. I'm still curious to learn if this problem persisted with the
Stellar Avant, or was unique to (certain models of ?) the Northgate
Omnis.


Jordan