I never used the click option on my 3278 - the keys clicked enough
without it. In the 2000's when we worked in standard size cubicles, I
had my old 1987 PC clicky keyboard and folks nearby jokingly complained
about the noise. "Jokingly" meaning they didn't want to cause a fuss,
but they still were bothered. This was a time when everybody had those
soft-touch short-throw keys that I never got used to.
Speaking of sounds, the illegal fireworks just started here in the
suburbs of Los Angeles, so Happy 4th to those in the USA! I need to go
comfort the poor doggie.
On 7/4/2023 8:18 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
I don't care about the sound of the 3270 keyboards - you could turn it off, and
I frequently did - but I liked the little tactile bump in my fingertips when
I'd made contact. Whenever I hit a key and didn’t depress it QUITE far enough,
my fingers knew it immediately, and I backed up to retype the character before
even becoming aware of it consciously.
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Farley, Peter
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I never saw the attraction of "mechanical" keystroke sound and feeling. It
never really did anything for me, though I remember it very well from the real-iron 3270
hardware I used. I am told gamers love those sounds and feelings though.
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