Doug McGarrett wrote:
Fully agreed!!!! Although I confess being a silent PC geek and there is hardly anything that nerves me more than noisy PCs that I must work with for hours , this does not apply to keyboards.
This is typed on a Model M style keyboard with 122 keys that I got from ebay for 10€. Looks like this http://www.shoppalstores.com/ibmmodelm/image//2002021-004.jpg
The pictured keyboard is apparently a foreign version. I'm using 2 model Ms on my computers, and all the keys work with Linux or Windows, except probably the Scroll Lock, Print Screen, and Pause keys that I've never seen work on anything. My American model M's do not have any keys left of the Tab, Caps- Lock, Shift, Ctrl. And the bottom left alpha key is Z.
Well, with Model M interchangeable keycaps foreign versions do not matter so much, you can always replace the keycaps with what is correct for your language. Mine is actually a 122 Keys Model (much larger and heavier) with 24 Functionkeys that was meant to be used with an AS/400 Console. And this is the reason, not all Keys generate a keycode on a PC which you can then (re)map according to your needs. Eberhard
--doug, wa2say
Unfortunately not all keys work with a PC, but all I need and much more is there. This one is also suitable for self-defence and in case you need a hammer but do not one, you do not need to buy one.
They are great, they are even greater when your PC is silent and they are greatest when there is no one else in the room who is constantly complaining about your IBM klicky-keyboard noise. ;-)
Lately I found a solution to the latter problem and bought my wife another Model M. Now we are both on Klickey-Keyboard, she never wants to use anything else keyboardwise and most important, we are in love, once again. ;-))
regards Eberhard
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