[Info-vax] Keyboards

[Dave Froble]

On 12/28/2018 3:49 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> 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.

Don't rightly know what a cherry switch is.

The few I clean periodically have some rubber/vynal/??? film, and 
several layers of a mylar type of film.  Works for me.

>>   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
>

I've thought about this.  Would really want to try one first.  It's not 
all about the feel of the keys, it's also about finger reach and such.

I've got some old DEC PC keyboards, and I can really tell the difference 
when using one vs the LK keyboards.

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