[Info-vax] Should VSI commission the production of DEC layout keyboards ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-07-21, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <tbbg81$2bnsg$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
><clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>
>> While reading the list of what people are likely to ask for next in VMS,
>> I realised that some people missed the real DEC keyboards.
>> 
>> So, should VSI commission the production of a DEC layout keyboard with,
>> say, a USB interface ?
>
> Any interface which will work with VMS running on bare metal x86.
>

Then that's a USB interface.

>> How many of you would be interested in that and how much would you pay ?
>
> I would pay any reasonable price.  :-)
>

Your idea of reasonable and a manufacturer's idea of reasonable may not
be the same thing. :-)

>> For me, I've no interest in moving from a full PC keyboard as that _is_
>> my "DEC" keyboard, and has been for a long time, but I thought I would
>> ask the question anyway.
>
> To me, "full" and "PC keyboard" in an oxymoron, since a PC keyboard is 
> missing some keys.
>

The only thing missing for me is delete word and I never used that.

I also find a good-quality PC keyboard to be more ergonomic than how
I remember the old DEC keyboards. Hopefully, if anyone did do a DEC
layout keyboard they would use modern ergonomic standards. :-)

Simon.

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