i need decmate 2 colored keyboard for wordprocessing wps8 thanks ed
In a message dated 10/19/2018 1:55:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: On 10/19/18 1:18 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote: >> On Oct 19, 2018, at 10:34 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Here is a great example of why the keyboards and terminals are getting >> separated > > Keyboard fetishists are vermin; They are destructive and have no redeeming > qualities, and should be treated as such. > > I had one of them spend the better part of an hour going on about how I had > achieved “the holy grail of collecting” by having more than one “Space Cadet” > keyboard, fawning about how superlatively perfect they’re supposed to be and > everything else pales in comparison. They’re a status symbol in keyboard > fetishist circles. According to him they auction north of $5000 for even > non-working examples. I have no idea why. GNU Emacs can't use most of the > “special” keys - The Lisp Machine itself doesn't even use most of them - and > control is in the same relative place as modern keyboards instead of being > where the caps lock key is which was the "mostest hacker-est” thing last I > heard. I think it’s just conspicuous consumption - Having one proves you’ve > got the dosh to waste things other people must work hard for a chance to get. > So, are you telling me I shouldn't have thrown out all those old keyboards whether they worked or not? All I have now are a lot of DEC keyboards/ bill
