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

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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.

It has been my experience that the LKs can be cleaned.  Have to first get the 
top and bottom halfs apart, and after that it's just being careful and paying 
attention to details.

Yes, with enough wear, there could be problems, but I've not encountered any 
yet.  Well, there was the "Z" key a certain B&G MaCaw decided to chew up ...

There are some ?all? with the plastic film with conducting lines and plugs into 
a slot which can be interesting.  I built a small tool out of thin steel that 
sort of works for re-inserting the thing.  Sure would have been nice if they 
were a bit better designed for disassembly and assembly.

So, got any "muddy" LKs with PS2 connector that you want to get rid of ???