On Sunday, October 31, 2004, at 09:12 PM, James Fraser wrote:
on 10-31-04 2:26 AM, James at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I got fed up with buying 2nd hand ADB keyboards and having them develop
faulty keys two months later.
Pardon my asking, but what models of ADB 'boards were conking out on you?
I'd like to know so I can avoid them.
Probably dirty ones...I've got an AppleDesign keyboard on my system at home that I love. They do get dirty and the keys get 'sticky' and need cleaning eventually.
If you're on a quest for a long-lasting keyboard, I highly recommend the old
IBM Model M's. Someone said, "Essentially, if you don't take to one of
these things with a hammer, it'll probably outlast you, even if you spend
all day, every day, typing." No joke; try one and see for yourself.
I replaced the stock keyboard on my Plus a long time ago with a Northgate (before they went from being the best damn keyboard manufacturer in the word to a second rate computer manufacturer to bankruptcy) that I still like, but it's ADB implementation is funky and it really doesn't like modern Macs, alas. That had a feel very similar. to the IBM keyboard.
I know I've read of third parties making both the real old-style 'clicky' keyboards and AppleDesign style keyboards in USB recently, I just don't remember where.
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