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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!swrinde!pipex!uunet!sunrise.gv.ssi1.com!gdonl From: gdonl@gv.ssi1.com (Don Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards Date: 14 Dec 1994 02:27:38 GMT Organization: Silicon Systems, Nevada City CA Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3cll6q$jt8@sunrise.gv.ssi1.com> References: <3c01fk$fhb@news.panix.com> <1994Dec5.224620.13596@fsl.noaa.gov> <PHILS.94Dec6102616@satori.tv.tek.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunrise.gv.ssi1.com NNTP-Posting-User: gdonl In article <PHILS.94Dec6102616@satori.tv.tek.com>, Phil Staub <phils@satori.tv.tek.com> wrote: >I've been a satisfied Northgate keyboard user for years (I've had 3, >not because they wore out, but because I made the mistake of selling >one with my old home computer, rather than replace it with a cheap >IBM101 layout clone. I won't make that mistake again. Then I've also >got one on my computer at work.) They are switch programmable for >CTRL/CAPS LOCK and have keycaps which can be replaced with ones with >the proper legends (supplied). These babies are not cheap when >compared to the run-of-the-mill commodity keyboard, but they are built >like a rock, have a wonderful (IMHO) tactile feel, and are well worth >the money. Don't know what I'll do if Northgate ever stops building >keyboards. Where's the ESC key. It's pretty important for us vi users. -- Don "Truck" Lewis Silicon Systems Internet: gdonl@gv.ssi1.com 138 New Mohawk Road Phone: +1 916 478-8284 FAX: +1 916 478-8251 Nevada City, CA 95959