[Info-vax] Keyboards

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>I've never used one of the latest (sic) USB LK keyboards.  So I'll ask, 
>were they still as ergonomically user friendly as previous LK keyboards? 

Yes, they use proper Cherry switches and feel like real keyboards.

>  Back in the 1980s there was a significant push for such, with worries 
>about carpel tunnel problems, and ease of use.  Frankly, it's not a 
>"proper" keyboard that I'm as interested in as much as something that's 
>easy to use.  When the cheap PCs with cheap keyboards came out, all 
>those efforts for ergonomic keyboards seemed no longer important.

So spend $150 for a gamer keyboard with proper Cherry switches.  You may
or may not like the PC layout (although I finally got used to the control
key position after 25 years), but it feels like a real keyboard.
--scott

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