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rjg@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Robert J. Granvin) writes:

> |> >i remember when DEC brought out the LK-201 keyboard design...
> 
> There has been talk and rumor for quite some time that DEC is designing
> or planning to release a "Unix Keyboard."  (This is not the LK-401,
> which is basically an aesthetically improved LK-201, but didn't really
> gain much...)

A "unix keyboard"....  now I'm *convinced* that "standardisation" means
"do it the Unix Way", eg XON-XOFF flow control being virtually
unsupported (ever tried doing RTS/CTS flow control over a cheap modem?),
refusal to accept DELETE as a DELETE etc.  Sigh.

Actually, I kinda like the LK401 -- there's a bit of tactile feedback in
them which the LK201 lacks.  Actually, the LK201 only requires a light
touch -- my Taiwanese PC klone keyboard requires more pressure, but I
prefer it to the LK201.  The problem with the 201 is that there is no
clear indication of when the key has been pressed, and the key's don't
stop but just get harder to press as you push them down.  Ugh -- I've
used them for six years, and still hate them.


Don Stokes, ZL2TNM  /  /                             don@zl2tnm.gp.co.nz (home)
Systems Programmer /GP/ GP PRINT LIMITED  Wellington,       don@gp.co.nz (work)
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