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RE: Keyboards I Have Loved and Lost -- Was: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ?
Subject:RE: Keyboards I Have Loved and Lost -- Was: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ? From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Nancy Allison' <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:44:57 +0000
Hi, Allison,
At some point in school I learned to type using the "new" IBM Selectrics.
I love your phrase, "plastic waffle." How true.
Craig
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Subject: Keyboards I Have Loved and Lost -- Was: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ?
Hi, all.
Monique's question reminded me of the keyboards I still mourn as I clack away on the latest plastic waffle that came with my latest desktop computer.
Best keyboard EVAH: IBM Selectric II.
Oh, wait, maybe I should conbfine myself the digital age!
Second best keyboard: Various rock-solid IBM keyboards of the late 80s and early 90s. I missed each one after I'd moved on to another computer, but they were all good.
Third best keyboard: Corded keyboard I saved on a whim before recycling my Micron WhateverItWas four or five years ago. Boy was I glad I kept it when my wireless Logitech keyboard didn't work when I had to hit F10 during the boot sequence when I got the Black Screen of Death. It has a nice touch, too.
Everything feels -- and sounds -- like a tinkertoy compared to those early keyboards.
Do you still miss a particular keyboard?
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