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In article <1992Nov3.143746.8244@mattcube> matt%mattcube@mcnc.org (Matthew M.  
Stecker) writes:
|> 
|> It's too long a story to get into the details, but suffice it to say that
|> I have a client who would like to be able to purchase a new Turbo Slab
|> (mono, ADB equipped) and attach it to an older (vintage first slabs)  
MegaPixel, 
|> Keyboard and Mouse.  
|> 
|> My sense is that this would work - something about an ADB sense pin.
My Turbo Color switches back and forth twixt ADB and non-ADB quite happily.
Everything I've dug up on ADB says this will be the case for mono machines
as well.

The delay in introducing mono ADB seems to be over convincing the mono
monitor to do 72Hz.

|> I have grown greatly accustomed to the original NeXT keyboard and mouse and  
|> would like to continue using them with newer equipment.  I gather from  
reading
|> the net lately that I'm supposed to be suffering from some terrible health
|> ailments as a result of this preference, but after 4-5 hours of use
|> each and every day for the past three years, everything seems to be holding
|> up just fine.  In fact, whenever forced to use a keyboard on any other 
|> machine (and I work with quite a few), I am always left bugged by how
|> 'cheap' other keyboards feel.  
How you use the equipment can be more important than the equipment. I've got
e-mail here from people suffering effects that _might_ be laid at the feet
of their NeXT non-ADB keyboards. I personally have felt pain at the end of
the day, I lay the blame for it at the feet of the command key, I use short
cuts alot and I've had a few bad days with my command key finger. The non-ADB
mouse drives me nuts. I can't use it for more than an hour. My new ADB mouse
got about 15 minutes of use so I'll leave commentary on it to others (I leapt
into ADB trackballs with both feet.)

And while you state you use your NeXT 4-5 hours a day, I use mine 12 to 24
hours per work day. When you use a computer this heavily you can get tired. :)
And I'm finding that the layout of the ADB keyboard leads to fewer typing
errors in the wee hours. Plus the feel is much easier on the fingers. Simson
commented on this in the Winter 1992 NeXTWorld and I have to agree with him
on this point, it just _feels_ better to me. And my finger's don't slip as
much due to the different coating on the keys.

I find using the non-ADB keyboard on my mono slab uncomfortable now. Which of
course just makes me desire an ADB upgrade for it all the more. :)

Come on NeXT! Sell me an ADB upgrade for my mono slab! The more I use this
lovely keyboard the more I want one for my old machine.

Scotty