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Article #3238Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck
From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1991 19:37
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1991 19:37
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seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour) writes: >i remember when DEC brought out the LK-201 keyboard design... I have to admit that I personally would prefer a LOT of ill-thought-out designs to a single well-thought-out one - it's my experience that keyboards are more a matter of taste than ergonomics, philosophy, or industrial design. It'd be nice if everyone just made their machines to accept taiwan-made IBM PC/AT compatible keyboards - there are literally dozens of configurations and a wide range of quality - ranging from $30 clones to cadillacs from Northgate. It's also trivial to get specialized keycaps, etc, etc. The computer industry still has a lot to learn from the IBM clone phenomenon. PC clones are a wonderful source of cheap parts waiting to be tapped: if you can't lick 'em, dismantle 'em and use what you can... :) mjr.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck Keywords: keyboard mouse schematics Message-ID: <1991Mar07.193702.14987@decuac.dec.com> Date: 7 Mar 91 19:37:02 GMT References: <448@tivoli.UUCP> <17852@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington Ultrix Resource Center Lines: 19