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zer0netgain
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12 Feb 2010, 9:33 am

For all the talk about ergonomics, I've been fine with QWERTY boards for years.

Most of the problem isn't so much keyboard configuration, it's one of hand position and posture that puts strain on the hands and wrists.



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13 Feb 2010, 7:40 pm

LordoftheMonkeys wrote:
Do you mean "true typists" in the same sense as "Real Programmers"?


Well ... that is quite a thought!

The court stenographer comes to mind, but that is an entirely different kind of "keyboarding", of course ... and a "true programmer" would be the one who used to enter his or her code via a set of eight toggle switches and two push buttons ("enter" and "step")!


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14 Feb 2010, 10:22 pm

Old guy here. I like the "clicking" kind. I remember WordStar 3.4 (or 4, or 4.2, I don't remember) on the old IBM Model M keyboards back in 1988 or 1989.

Unicomp still makes them in Lexington, KY, probably on the same equipment IBM used to make the Model M. They have a web storefront at yahoo dot net.

(I also have a clicking 1991 Northgate OmniKey 101, it is not for sale. Not at any price.)



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15 Feb 2010, 11:38 pm

I have an IBM model M :P from 1986, It sounds like a machine gun when I'm typing on it, but I love it, lol :P



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16 Feb 2010, 8:08 am

I still have several "clickers" in a box in my basement, and I must "reduce my inventory" (a mere accumulation) before moving in a few weeks ... so I will gladly send one (for free) to anyone who might want one!


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16 Feb 2010, 11:07 am

Microsoft Natural for me, but it is a 38 Medium, I would like one in 44 long.