Re: Keyboards with keycaps which are the same shape

"... it was only labeled as such" you say...

... I beg to differ. Nowhere do I describe nor 'label' the 
conversions I offer as hardwired keyboards; I would not dream of 
doing such a thing, as that would be dishonest.

--- In [email protected], "Michael J. Osborne" 
<michaelsfvacc@...> wrote:
>
> Mea Culpa! I "thought" I was buying a hardwired DVORAK keyboard at 
http://www.typocheck.co.uk/dvorak/buy.html  But no ... it is only 
labeled as such. Oh well ... I have it now. Still unwrapped. There 
was a misunderstanding. But that's okay, because when this one goes 
out - I'll have an already correctly labeled keyboard. I still use my 
two-labeled keyboard at the PC because sometimes friends come over 
and I switch back for their sakes. I'm sorry for misinforming you all 
and hopefully no one made the purchase before realizing it was not 
hardwired.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Michael
> 
> zootle <zootle@...> wrote:                               Hi Michael,
>  
>  thanks for the endorsement! - although I suspect that you weren't 
>  aware that you were doing so. I'm glad that my efforts have 
provided 
>  you with a keyboard to your liking :)
>  
>  Incidentally I've found a USB-PS/2 adaptor that works with these 
>  keyboards, so if you were to find office work and they 
were "Dvorak-
>  unaware", you could maybe convince your new employers to buy an 
>  additional keyboard and have both plugged in at the same time.
>  
>  ... although of course if you touch-type, then that's less of an 
>  issue since it doesn't matter how the keys are labelled, of 
course. 
>  Except that having a non-QWERTY layout in front of you is a useful 
>  conversation piece :)
>  
>  --- In [email protected], "Michael J. Osborne" 
>  <michaelsfvacc@> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > Thanks a lot. More than a year ago I signed up with this group 
and 
>  periodically check it out. I couldn't find, at that time, a hard 
>  wired keyboard to my liking and price. But everybody DID give me a 
>  lot of good input. My old Dvorak had gone on the fritz. You 
>  apparently DID find them. So I took your three keyboards and did a 
>  Google search (up to this point in time I have been using XP's 
>  software configuration) and I purchased the one at: 
>  http://www.typocheck.co.uk/dvorak/buy.html  This is great! Just 
what 
>  I had been looking for a year ago. I've been typing DVORAK for ten 
>  years now. Totally forgotten Qwerty. Too bad for me if I find work 
>  where I need to use their PC. These years I'm homebound taking 
care 
>  of my Alzheimered  father. 
>  > 
>  > Thanks again.
>  > 
>  > 
>  >  
>  > zootle <zootle@> wrote:                               Hi.
>  >  
>  >  I'm new to this list, apologies if there's already a discussion 
>  about 
>  >  this topic (if there is, could you point me to it, please?).
>  >  
>  >  I'm trying to source keyboards that have keycaps all the same 
>  shape, 
>  >  for conversion, primarily to Dvorak (I've started recently to 
sell 
>  >  these, with some small success so far) but obviously such 
>  keyboards 
>  >  will be of interest to anyone who wishes to try an alternative 
>  layout.
>  >  
>  >  I have so far found just three keyboards that are reasonably 
>  priced 
>  >  and fit the bill. These are, in order of my personal preference 
of 
>  >  quality:
>  >  
>  >  1. Logitech Y-SU61 Deluxe 
>  >  2. Tesco 'Value' keyboard
>  >  3. Colorsit KB-1807 
>  >  
>  >  (#1 and #3 are available through my 'Broadband for your 
Fingers' 
>  >  eBid.net store at http://uk.four.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?mo=user-
>  >  store&title=Broadband-for-your-Fingers - the Tesco one costs 
just 
>  >  £4.45 from - surprisingly - Tescos).
>  >  
>  >  These are all PS/2 models (which possibly explains why such 
>  keyboards 
>  >  have become so inexpensive in recent months?). I have been 
trying 
>  to 
>  >  find some USB equivalents, even though these are likely to be 
more 
>  >  costly. 
>  >  
>  >  Does anyone here know of any such keyboards, PS/2 or USB?
>  >  
>  
>  
>      
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