Re: Buckling Spring keyboard available

--- In [email protected], "Giles Orr" <gilesorr@...> wrote:
> So if you're using PS/2, great!  There's a cheap supply of Model Ms
> for all eternity because they were built to withstand a nuclear blast.
>  I own three or four myself and I love them - I got them all free as
> discards from my previous workplace.  But these new Unicomps may be a
> viable option for people with very new computers.  Personally I'm
> unlikely to buy them until someone produces a more ergonomic keyboard
> ... say, something along the lines of the Kinesis Advantage (I now own
> two).  Michael Craggs at ergo-canada (he sold me both Kinesis's, and
> yes, this is an unpaid endorsement because their service is excellent)
> assures me that low activation force is better for carpal tunnel etc.,
> but I'll take the higher force keys any day despite that.  I like to
> KNOW I'm hitting something.
> 
> My idea of the perfect keyboard would be the Model M15 (the Model M
> with the ability to split) with straight keyboard rows and the Dvorak
> layout.  And perhaps Kinesis scooping.  I just said it was my idea of
> the perfect keyboard - I didn't say it was likely.

I'm the original author, and as I discuss in <a 
href="http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/product-review-unicomp-customizer-
keyboard/">my post</a>, I use a Mac. This means that having three keys to the left and 
right of the spacebar is really handy, as I need a command, option, and control key for 
shortcuts. Without them, Macs aren't nearly as efficient. The post discusses how easy it is 
to swap the Windows and Alt key for option and command, respectively, thus making a 
modern Customizer (USB, enough keys) a viable option.