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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:14:28 +0900
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I've been using the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro for a very long time now.
I've even had to repair and solder the internal flex PCB since it corroded
due to its age. It's an ergo keyboard but I like it because the keys are
clicky, but don't require too much pressure. The ergo design also feels more
natural than a straight keyboard. I purchased a Filco mechanical keyboard
before but I found that the keypresses required slightly more force than my
ergo keyboard and it eventually led to forearm strain. Also, the Filco
mechanical keyboard has a debouncing issue so that some keypresses register
multiple times. Really, really irritating. I seem to remember really liking
the old school IBM XT keyboards and the sound they made. Those things were
hefty and built to last. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nava Whiteford
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:51 PM
> To: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [THS:20811] Little survey: which keyboard is the "hacker"
> keyboard?
> 
> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
> co-worker friendly.
> 
> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite
nice,
> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a
#
> key
> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> 
> http://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/hardware-based-keyboard-remapping/
> 
> Unfortunately these days, I mostly use laptops.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
> > keyboards already.
> > I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly
;).
> >
> > Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
> > use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
> > few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
> > special characters.  Most programming languages target English and
> > hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
> > For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
> > horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
> > keyboard behaves.
> >
> > I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
> > don't feel comfortable.
> >
> > There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
> > serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
> > never really is "Pro".
> >
> > Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
> > they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
> > now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
> > spending $500 for a keyboard.
> >
> > The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
> > time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
> > motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
> > display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
> > assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
> >
> > So my question to the list....
> >
> > What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> > hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> > using Emacs ;).
> >
> > Totti
> >
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