Thanks Lisa. This is one of the ones I had bookmarked, from list discussions. Interesting that they offer these in both PS2 & USB versions. I hope they are still there, and able to fill orders.
I regret that Avant Stellar is not still in business. I happen to be typing this at home on one. On the infrequent occasions where you see a (used) Avant being sold on eBay, you might not believe the prices that they command !
In regard to the other part of my query, I had this repair option bookmarked:
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but the early print there can be read in an equivocal fashion: have they just washed their hands of NY customers, or are they finito -- period ?
Jordan
From: Lisa Kleinholz
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Keyboard redux
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 3:18 PM, J R FOX mailto:jr_fox@xxxxxxxx wrote: Well, we just had another Omnikey bite the dust, joining one that had been left off in a corner a couple years ago. That achieves a critical mass, so I'm going to ask for an update on 1) possible repair-shop sources (because I think these may be worth fixing), & 2) best, most-similar replacement candidates that have the F-Keys at left (duplicated up-top is fine) and similar key-strike characteristics. It is possible the answers have changed since the last time this issue came up here, so I wanted to get info known to still be current. Thanks.
Jordan
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