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Some folks believe the keyboard you use is important. I'm one of them. Some folks believe they don't -- see MiceMatter and the [[sam]] editor. ---- Many laptop keyboards simply suck. Ways you can suck: Compression, Feel, Feedback, placement. ---- I like the [http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm IbmModel20] keyboard with a good clicky feel. --RonPerrella But I hear a lot of talk about the [http://www.pfusystems.com/hhkeyboard/hhkeyboard.html HappyHacking] keyboards. Any thoughts? http://ThinkGeek.com has a FrogKeyboard which is a OneHandedKeyboard. I have 5 HappyHacking keyboards and love them. I use the USB model. It is very nice to have (1) a good quality keyboard that (2) has the Esc and Ctrl keys in the right places and (3) is the _same_ on all of the may systems that I use -- CraigFinseth Ok, that's a good example of HolyWars -- the ControlKeysvsCapsLock HolyWars. The [http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards.htm Kinesis Ergo] keyboards are great if you are tired of typing with offset rows. Some folks like ProgrammableKeyboard''''''s. Another keyboard modeled after IBM Model 20 keyboard - Das Keyboard ( http://www.daskeyboard.com/ ) Image of Das Keyboard http://www.daskeyboard.com/images/face-profile.jpg It has mechanical key switches and 100% blank keys, and priced at $89.95 ! ---- This site has lots of info on the PC 102 keyboard: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/layout/std_Enh101.htm ---- Ok, you gotta read about this one: An architect, named Daryl Fazekas, has invented the GuysKeyboard It is designed for use by HuntAndPeck typists. Most of the vowels are in the center of the keyboard. ---- '''Space-cadet keyboard''' http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Space-cadet.jpg/400px-Space-cadet.jpg The space-cadet keyboard is a keyboard used on MIT Lisp machines and designed by Tom Knight, which inspired several still-current jargon terms in the field of computer science and influenced the design of Emacs. This device was equipped with no fewer than *seven* modifier keys: four keys for bucky bits ("control", "meta", "hyper", and "super"; the latter two of which were introduced by this keyboard) and three shift keys, called "shift", "top", and "front". Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard "The Lisp keyboards" an overview of the Space-cadet and other famous Lisp keyboards is available here http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=98
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