On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 at 12:50, Yvan Janssens via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I have built a USB adapter for my 5150’s keyboard. The experience is > actually quite bad, as stated earlier. The main reason why I still use it > is because I took it with me from Belgium - it’s a French keyboard, and > having access to all the special characters makes typing in eg. French, > German or Spanish so much easier in the odd cases I have to.
I use a Compose key. Built in to Linux, easy to add to Windows. Thus my UK-layout IBM Model M has every international character it's possible to type. I can type à la Français as easily as I can v čestina, tady v Křižíkova. > For my main daily driver I just use a Unicomp PC5250. Like others said, new > keyboards based on the original mechanisms perform so much better. Tried one (belonging to list member Peter Corlett). I find the original Real Thing™ _far_ better than the modern reproductions. I think he will agree with me. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [email protected] - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: [email protected] Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
