On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2024 02 Feb 19:26 -0600, Lee wrote: > > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( > > > > ssh in from another machine & do a 'sudo reboot now' and get an alert > > about 'Keyboard not found.' on power up. The keyboard also doesn't > > work in another machine so it's really & truly dead. > > > > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > > which keyboard do you like and why? > > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB > adapter so I gave up on them. The Lenovo KU-0225 is a good keyboard > with the "standard" extra keys that are useful in some desktops. It is > full size and quiet. > > My main keyboard is a daskeyboard I bought several years ago with the > Cherry key switches It is thick so you might not like it and it is > loud. It has the same number of keys as the Lenovo, 104, I think. This > one was not cheap while the Lenovo was considerably less expensive.
Full size and quiet are good qualities :) Tall not so much.. the Logitech that I pulled out of the closet and think is too high is less than 1 inch high. The Lenovo is listed as 1.34 inches, so that's probably not for me. Thick and loud is a no, so I'll pass on the daskeyboard. Thanks Lee
