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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Computer keyboards
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:36:04 -0700
Garth Wood wrote:

 From your post of 1/5/05:
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I have an older Fujitsu keyboard (FKB4725) from the early/mid-90s which has 
tactile feedback.  Love it.  You might be able to find such beasts used on 
eBay; even though they have an older serial connector, they mate well with 
modern USB ports using an adapter.

A manufacturer of *new* keyboards is a company called Creative Vision 
Technologies, a Minnesota, U.S.A. company who licensed the design of the 
old Northgate Omnikey (including the tactile feedback, natch); these are 
serious keyboards, weighing around 5 pounds, in both AT and XT styles, for 
$149.00/$189.00.  They're on the Web at:


      http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/menu.htm


And they take Web-based orders, too.  It's your hands, so they're likely 
worth the extra bucks.  Get your credit card out!


I still pine for the old IBM 3090/3270 "dumb workstation" tactile 
keyboards, though -- they were the undisputed champs!


Garth




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