usb keyboard
Thufir Hawat
Rosewill RK-200
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201009
as well as, of course:
Ubuntu Documentation > Community Documentation > InstallUSBKeyboard
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallUSBKeyboard
are some keyboards "nice" or "nicer" than others with Linux? Or, is it
more a matter of the BIOS?
thanks,
Thufir
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Liam Proven
> I'm looking at:
>
> Rosewill RK-200
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201009
>
> as well as, of course:
>
> Ubuntu Documentation > Community Documentation > InstallUSBKeyboard
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallUSBKeyboard
>
> are some keyboards "nice" or "nicer" than others with Linux? Or, is it
> more a matter of the BIOS?
Meh. A keyboard is a keyboard. All modern ones are horrid, soft & spongy.
If you want a *real* keyboard, buy an IBM Model M or a modern version thereof.
I have 6 of them & I treasure them. They are the best PC keyboards
ever made, in my not-at-all-humble opinion. Noisy but the feel is
unparalleled and they never give me any issues with RSI or anything.
Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard
Buy:
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/
For those who hate the noise of the IBM clicky, the next-best thing is
allegedly the Apple Extended II ADB board. (I have 2 or 3 of those,
too. As it happens, including one German layout, if anyone wants
it...) The layout is the Mac layout, though.
They are not made any more, but allegedly the best modern equivalent
is the Matias Tactile Pro.
Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard
Buy:
http://www.matias.ca/tactilepro/
When you consider how much you use a keyboard and how it is the
primary way of getting information into a computer, I think it is
worth having a good one rather than a cheap one, even if it costs
rather more.
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Ric Moore
> On 30 September 2010 09:21, Thufir Hawat <hawat....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking at:
> >
> > Rosewill RK-200
> > http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201009
> >
> > as well as, of course:
> >
> > Ubuntu Documentation > Community Documentation > InstallUSBKeyboard
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallUSBKeyboard
> >
> > are some keyboards "nice" or "nicer" than others with Linux? Or, is it
> > more a matter of the BIOS?
>
> Meh. A keyboard is a keyboard. All modern ones are horrid, soft & spongy.
>
> If you want a *real* keyboard, buy an IBM Model M or a modern version thereof.
>
> I have 6 of them & I treasure them. They are the best PC keyboards
> ever made, in my not-at-all-humble opinion. Noisy but the feel is
> unparalleled and they never give me any issues with RSI or anything.
The all-time very best computer keyboard I've ever used was on a
Televideo 803
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos.asp?t=1&c=1077&st=1
Just look at that close up! Solid solid. I had both the 803 (several)
and the 1603 (16bit) plus the server that would handle either. Ric
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Jonathan Hirschman
> On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 12:09 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 30 September 2010 09:21, Thufir Hawat<hawat....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you want a *real* keyboard, buy an IBM Model M or a modern version thereof.
>>
>> ever made, in my not-at-all-humble opinion. Noisy but the feel is
>> unparalleled and they never give me any issues with RSI or anything.
>
> The all-time very best computer keyboard I've ever used was on a
> Televideo 803
> http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos.asp?t=1&c=1077&st=1
Sorry folks, but the undisputed best keyboard every made was the
Northgate OmniKey line. Here's the one that I have;
http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/ultra.jpg
It weighs _more_ than IBM M's; it is so heavy and solid that you could
certainly kill someone with it, and it'd still work perfectly.
It is (was) programmable, and keys are meant to be moved around (they
used to come with extra keycaps and a puller). It could support PC,
Amiga and Apple keyboard standards of the time.
I'll be sad when it croaks. You can find them from time to time...
Ric Moore
> On 9/30/2010 2:28 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 12:09 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> >> On 30 September 2010 09:21, Thufir Hawat<hawat....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> If you want a *real* keyboard, buy an IBM Model M or a modern version thereof.
> >>
> >> I have 6 of them& I treasure them. They are the best PC keyboards
> >> ever made, in my not-at-all-humble opinion. Noisy but the feel is
> >> unparalleled and they never give me any issues with RSI or anything.
> >
> > The all-time very best computer keyboard I've ever used was on a
> > Televideo 803
> > http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos.asp?t=1&c=1077&st=1
>
> Sorry folks, but the undisputed best keyboard every made was the
> Northgate OmniKey line. Here's the one that I have;
>
> http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/ultra.jpg
>
> It weighs _more_ than IBM M's; it is so heavy and solid that you could
> certainly kill someone with it, and it'd still work perfectly.
>
> It is (was) programmable, and keys are meant to be moved around (they
> used to come with extra keycaps and a puller). It could support PC,
> Amiga and Apple keyboard standards of the time.
>
> I'll be sad when it croaks. You can find them from time to time...
Looks like an XT keyboard. I just love those extra large Enter, alt and
ctl keys. Legal secretaries that I knew could absolutely fly over one of
those. :) Ric
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Thufir Hawat
See, that's what *I* thought at first. However, in the comments section
for an official "made by" Microsoft keyboard, one of the comments goes
something like "freezes and stops working on Windows, works fine under
Linux." :)
-Thufir
Vaibhav Dalvi
Oh looks like I can. http://www.tvs-e.com/keyboard-landing.asp# Well going to give it a try.
Basil Chupin
Interesting.
I've use Logitech keyboards (+ mouse combos) for years without any problems.
Perhaps you shouldn't "bang them" when trying to type something?
BC
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Vaibhav Dalvi
On 01/10/2010 19:06, Vaibhav Dalvi wrote:
<snip>
Interesting.
I've use Logitech keyboards (+ mouse combos) for years without any problems.
Perhaps you shouldn't "bang them" when trying to type something?
BC
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I'm using Logitech keyboards since my high-school days(I'm 3yrs out graduation now!). It's just they never felt smooth to me. Same for even Microsoft or many other. Recently I used TCL keyboard at a project I worked on. And man, that keyboard was very good. It was membrane only but it didn't feel stuffy. Now right after I started work on this other project whether I got a brand new M$ keyboard - a wireless combo, but it was so ugly in terms of tactile feedback, feel and the keys felt like they're always stuck. I'd to ask for a change. That's the way it is. Sometimes a no-brand clicks the nerve but at times big branded accessories suck.
Anyway I wish there was an Ubuntu Keyboard - right with Ubuntu logo on the Super key. and a nice tux in a corner. Or is anything like this exists somewhere?
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Ric Moore
> On 01/10/2010 19:06, Vaibhav Dalvi wrote:
> > I've had quite some experience with keyboards. And I hate the modern
> > keyboards. There's just not as much feedback, keys feel stuck, the
> > button don't click at all and half the time you need to bang them in
> > order to get something on the screen. I've a Very Old TVS PS2 keyboard
> > for my PC (a celeron 2.53GHz on an Intel 845Mainboard and 256MB RAM)
> > at home and it's awesome. The feedback is right, keys move like knife
> > in butter. The sweet sound of the keys hitting the base is like music
> > on my ears. And I've been using it for last 6yrs. And I picked it up
> > in a secondhand shop. So that's easily more than 10yrs. I wish I could
> > get one of them in USB.
> >
> > Oh looks like I can. http://www.tvs-e.com/keyboard-landing.asp# Well
> > going to give it a try.
>
> Interesting.
>
> I've use Logitech keyboards (+ mouse combos) for years without any problems.
>
> Perhaps you shouldn't "bang them" when trying to type something?
You obviously haven't seen "Hackers". It's the machine-gun tattoo of
fingers clicking away madly on the keyboard that denotes a true hacker.
Mine clicks very nicely, while I'm plotting to take over the world.
<evil cackles> Ric
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Doug
You'd probably like my old IBM model M keyboards. I've got two of them,
one on the Windows machine, one on the Linux machine. No Microsoft
keys--who needs 'em--but what glorious action! Never made in usb,
AFAIK, but cords for PS2 and the old big k/b connectors. I got both of
mine at the old Trenton Computer Fair, no doubt used then, and I've had
them both at least 12 years, and they'll probably still be working
perfectly when I'm dead, if some idiot doesn't throw them out!
--doug