Lindy would be great if I lived in the UK. I believe the North American equivalent would be the Matias Tactile Pro (now in it's third revision), which is made in Canada and sells for $149. I'm not quite that obsessed yet. The IBM AT keyboard is known as the Model M, and it came in several revisions, from ancient to fairly modern. The mechanisms in the Model M are buckled spring keycaps, while the Apple Extended and Extended II use Alps keycaps, just like the Tactile Pro series. (I just found all this out last night, but I'm pretty sure I used a Model M or similar in kindergarten on our old Win 3.1 PCs) I'm going to be weighing the Alps vs. the buckled springs, and I'll see what I come up with. Perhaps I'll look at a trackball while I'm at it (whoa, I just had a 90's moment).
Thanks for the advice, though. On Feb 25, 7:43 am, Dan Stobbs <[email protected]> wrote: > I can certainly recommend Lindy USB Mac specific keyboards. They use > switches rather than a membrane, so they're very positive action (although > not the quietest in the world!) and also have two USB sockets so rodents can > be plugged in. Don't know if they still make them to this standard: I've > bought all 4 of mine off ebay and they date back to G3 days, and come in > various Mac colours. They work well, and are relatively easy to dismantle > for cleaning purposes. They have a similar feel to the classic IBM AT > keyboards that everyone used to love in XT/ 286 days! > > Regards, Dan. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
