* Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> [01-04-20 18:26]:
Patrick Shanahan composed on 2020-01-04 15:23 (UTC-0500):
* Per Jessen <per@computer.org> [01-04-20 12:43]:
Not laptop - but my Gateway 2000 Anykey keyboard from 1993 is still my favourite.
PLUS ONE, and mine is still being used on my main box
I hated their rearranged and extra cursor pad keys, so never owned one. I locate my right hand on the keyboard via the inverted T.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northgate_Computers#/media/File:Omnikey102p324... was the best keyboard I ever used. I had them at two different jobs, plus one at home. I still have one, but it's stone dead. This image I created and uploaded.
This is a pic I uploaded of two of my three most used keyboards: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErgoLogicFlexProKB2652.jpg
Their touch has gotten dismal, but there's no substitute for the left side function keys tightly proximate to the three shift keys. The fold-up part I only use for cleaning. Also wonderful is Caps key where it belongs next to spacebar (toggled on/of via right-Ctrl-Caps) if you learned touch typing on a typewriter, and Ctrl key closer to the function keys.
the OmniKey and the Gateway 2000 iirc only differed at the arrow keys and I quickly became accustomed to the layout. plus any key may be programmed to perform any key function so one could move the caps key as desired. I believe my keyboard dates to 2001, but at my age memory is not the best attribute. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org