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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: Project Walker Specs
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- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 15:40:44 GMT
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- Paul Copsey (paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Reg Martin (mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca) wrote:
- : >
- : > Why not? How can you have an emotional attachment to your keyboard?
- : > Is there really anything that special about it? By having the ability
- :
- : Errm, the keys either side of the spacebar? Kinda hard to see those on
- : a PC keyboard.
-
- Those could be mapped to other keys easily enough, and some AT keyboards
- (ie MicroSoft keyboards) have the extra keys there. Undoubtedly more
- keyboards will have these in the future, given that it's MS that's
- doing this...
-
- : > to use standard PC ATkeyboards, you're given a huge variety of keyboards
- : > so that you can select the one that best suits your needs. Not only
- : > that, but they are certainly less expensive, and can be found a lot
- : > easier if your old one breaks...
- :
- : A fair point, but I must be one of the few people who actually like
- : the keyboard. It's by far the nicest feeling one I've used, and I can
- : use it for hours without getting stressed.
-
- I like my 4000 keyboard too (although I have to use a wrist-rest with it),
- but it certainly isn't the best I've ever used. We've all used really
- terrible PC keyboards (since we've probably all used PC keyboards at school
- or work where they just buy the cheapest), but there is a huge variety of
- PC keyboards out there, and a good number of them are quite nice.
-
- Reg Martin
-