[Info-vax] iTerm2 question (Re: OpenVMS graphics - once more)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-08-28 16:35:41 +0000, David Froble said:

> Back in the day, keyboard designers worried about ergonomics.  Then 
> came PCs and cheap keyboards and lots of carpel tunnel problems.

That's a different issue from application UI dependencies on keyboard 
keypad keys and other bits that are no longer particularly ubiquitous, 
obviously.

> I know my few old DEC products, keyboards, VAXs, Alphas, and such are a 
> dead end.  But, I don't have carpel tunnel problems, at this time, and 
> I'd like to keep it that way.  The old KBs just feel so much better and 
> easier to use.

New IBM Model M keyboards <https://www.pckeyboard.com>, and some good 
quality keyboard from Matias <http://matias.ca/products/> and from 
other vendors <http://cherrycorp.com/home/> 
<http://www.daskeyboard.com> are all available, FWIW.  There are also 
folks fond of various members of the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard 
series.

But then the DEC LKs I've encountered recently are all rather muddy, 
and with long and indecisive key travel.  Showing their age.   You 
appear to have a few of the better ones.

> As far as costs, what's the going rate these days for medical 
> procedures for carpel tunnel problems?  And the time to heal?  Etc?

Not cheap.


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