[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

[Scott Dorsey]

Mark Berryman  <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>On 11/14/19 2:45 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> > .
>> Support for any KB is not, as much as I can tell, any part of an OS. 
>> Yes, some utilities support the LK keyboard.  For what it's worth, I 
>> much prefer the LK KB.  Now, tell me where to get any new ones.
>
>Pick yourself up a full-size Apple aluminum keyboard.  It is almost an 
>exact match for the LK keyboard (and is as close as you will likely come 
>today).  It certainly has all of the keys you will need.  For me, the 
>big benefit is that the keypad layout is an exact match plus having all 
>of the standard math symbols on the keypad when not in keypad 
>application mode.

It does not have the PF1 through PF4 keys, which are the primary thing that
most people complain about when using DEC applications with a non-DEC keyboard.

More importantly from my perspective the Apple key feel is just horrible.
And the keys are flat and don't center your fingers on them.  I would much
more recommend one of the Cherry gaming keyboards, which are much faster to
touch-type on and feel more like the standard keyboards of the days before
rubber membranes took over the industry.
--scott

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