Re: Northgate/IBM/Lexmark keyboards

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> Apropos, I had kept Holmgren's message from Jan 6, 2001, about
> Northgate/Avant Stellar keyboards, and it came in handy a several months
> ago (May, to be exact). My Northgate, after more than 10 years, finally
> bit the dust, and I ordered two of the Avant Stellar's. They ain't
> cheap--two of them, with plastic key covers, tax,and shipping cost me a
> whopping $468.49. But, as Robert said, they (Creative Vision Technologies,
> in Minnesota) bought the mold, and improved it too--the old Northgate
> Omnikey. I ordered from CVT, 888-770-0500; spoke to a salesperson named
> Jamie Gover at extension 106.
>
>
> http://www.cvtinc.com/stelpic.htmwww.cvtinc.com/stelpic.htm


I have had the Avant Stellar for a couple of years as a second keyboard (my
first is MaxiSwitch Prokey). The feel on the Avant is *much* better than on
any keyboard I've tried, including the Northgate. It's got a
springy-clickey feel, doesn't bottom out as harshly as the normal kbds.
It's also available with the function keys on the left as well as above,
and is programmable (but not quite as easily, IMHO, as the MaxiSwitch Prokey).



Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx