Re: what keyboard do you use?
On Sun, 2024-02-04 at 09:43 -0500, songbird wrote:
> hw wrote:
> > On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:09 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in
> > > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB
> > > adapter so I gave up on them.
> >
> > They might work with a so-called active adapter. IIRC it has
> > something to do with the adpater suppling power. With some research
> > and an investment of like $5, you can probably still use your
> > keyboards.
> >
> > Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB.
> >
> > I'm using one right now (with 122 keys), and among all the different
> > keyboards I used over the last 40 years, I've never found anything
> > better than these buckling spring ones.
>
> if they made them with a metal base mine would probably
> still be working, but the plastic base is too flexible for
> me. i have two dead ones. :( the pressure fitted ribbon
> cable connection is a really bad design and those plastic
> tabs break off.
>
> otherwise the feel is good. very loud when i'm writing...
IIRC IBM omitted the metal plate long time ago. What are you doing
that it's too wobbly for you?
Reply to: