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- From: Paul Copsey <paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Project Walker Specs
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 96 18:41:46 GMT
- Organization: Hector's House
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- Reg Martin (mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca) wrote:
- > 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...
-
- True, mapping would be ok, but consider how it's been done so far
- (A1200 tower systems) the pc's unused F11 & 12 keys. Some games use
- these, and it would make them a little awkward. As for the M$
- keyboards with extra keys, who wants to press a little win symbol when
- they really want to press an /A? ;-)
-
- > : 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.
-
- I've used all sorts, even really expensive pc keyboards, but none of
- them 'feel' right. The only one that comes close for comfort is a Sun
- keyboard, but they are too soft. I guess it's like beds really ;-)
-
- I've got a wrist rest too, a Printer stand on the left (it helps keep
- the 030 poking out of the bottom cool), and the top of my Zip drive on
- the right ;-)
-
- Paul
-
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