REMOVE keho at computerpro.com REMOVE keho at cpinternet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <tclug-list-request at lists.real-time.com> To: <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:05 PM Subject: tclug-list digest, Vol 1 #486 - 8 msgs > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at lists.real-time.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-admin at lists.real-time.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! (fjorn) > 2. Re: [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! (Liz Burke-Scovill) > 3. Re: [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! (Ben Kochie) > 4. Re: [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! (Nate Carlson) > 5. Re: [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! (Yaron) > 6. (OT) Video card needed (Bill Layer) > 7. Re: tclug-list kybd cleaning (Jerry M Nolan) > 8. Re: (OT) Video card needed (Scott Dier) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:43:25 -0600 > From: fjorn <fjorn at mninter.net> > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > I must be the odd one here. I like to type on a quiet keyboard. Can't stand > the incessant clickety-click while typing. Worked with a guy who had one of > those. Needless to say one day it died, and was I ever grateful that he > couldn't find anymore like it! > > Why do you need a noisey KB to type anyway? Is it to make sure that you know > you're hitting the key? Why not just look at the monitor when typing instead of > your fingers, makes better use of your time. > > For me, I prefer the newer vintage IBM keyboards.... Gone are the days of being > in a noisey computer room that masked the noise of the old keyboards. > > Shawn > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:48:04 -0600 (CST) > From: Liz Burke-Scovill <kethry at winternet.com> > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > Nope - you're not the only one - though I prefer something somewhere in > the middle - but then I started out typing on IRC and as a secretary - and > I can type faster one a quieter keyboard - and allow the tactile > impression give me the sastifaction that the clickety-clack USED to > provide me with when I was learning to type. (It was so cool to hear the > clickety-clacks get faster and faster - but the noise is more distracting > now *chuckle*). > > Liz > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, fjorn wrote: > > > I must be the odd one here. I like to type on a quiet keyboard. Can't stand > > the incessant clickety-click while typing. Worked with a guy who had one of > > those. Needless to say one day it died, and was I ever grateful that he > > couldn't find anymore like it! > > > > Why do you need a noisey KB to type anyway? Is it to make sure that you know > > you're hitting the key? Why not just look at the monitor when typing instead of > > your fingers, makes better use of your time. > > > > For me, I prefer the newer vintage IBM keyboards.... Gone are the days of being > > in a noisey computer room that masked the noise of the old keyboards. > > > > Shawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- > Imagination is intelligence having fun... > e-mail: kethry at winternet.com > URL: http://WWW.winternet.com/~kethry/index.html > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:50:36 -0600 (CST) > From: Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net> > To: <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > I think it's not more of the noise, but the feel, the noisy keyboards > genearly have a better feel, of something actualy hapening when you type.. > plus some of us have to look at a 2nd source of information when they > type, and can't look at the screen to see what they just typed.. it's the > full feedback thing.. plus, from what I've seen, most of the soft-key > keypads can be sticky, just low-quality crap.. makes it hard to type on. > at work I have an old IBM AT thing, with the removeable keycaps, I pop all > the caps off, and dishwasher them everyonce in a while.. I don't > dishwasher the whole keyboard tho.. > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, fjorn wrote: > > > I must be the odd one here. I like to type on a quiet keyboard. Can't stand > > the incessant clickety-click while typing. Worked with a guy who had one of > > those. Needless to say one day it died, and was I ever grateful that he > > couldn't find anymore like it! > > > > Why do you need a noisey KB to type anyway? Is it to make sure that you know > > you're hitting the key? Why not just look at the monitor when typing instead of > > your fingers, makes better use of your time. > > > > For me, I prefer the newer vintage IBM keyboards.... Gone are the days of being > > in a noisey computer room that masked the noise of the old keyboards. > > > > Shawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:13:28 -0600 (CST) > From: Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> > To: <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Ben Kochie wrote: > > I think it's not more of the noise, but the feel, the noisy keyboards > > genearly have a better feel, of something actualy hapening when you type.. > > plus some of us have to look at a 2nd source of information when they > > type, and can't look at the screen to see what they just typed.. it's the > > full feedback thing.. plus, from what I've seen, most of the soft-key > > keypads can be sticky, just low-quality crap.. makes it hard to type on. > > at work I have an old IBM AT thing, with the removeable keycaps, I pop all > > the caps off, and dishwasher them everyonce in a while.. I don't > > dishwasher the whole keyboard tho.. > > I'm on a HP keyboard right now.. it's not really clicky, but you can hear > each keystroke, and feel it.. I much prefer this over the old IBM > keyboards where you have you slam each key down.. I can type a helluva lot > faster. :) > > Plus, the noise of the keycaps just makes you turn the music up louder.. > which I'm sure would piss off my neighbors back here (*waves to chad and > carl*) > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:19:30 -0600 (CST) > From: Yaron <jethro at freakzilla.com> > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!! > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > Hi, > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, fjorn wrote: > > > Why do you need a noisey KB to type anyway? Is it to make sure that you know > > you're hitting the key? Why not just look at the monitor when typing instead of > > your fingers, makes better use of your time. > > It's not so much the NOISE. It's the FEEL of the CLICK. It's hard to > explain, it's a tactile thing rather than an audio thing. Just feels > better than those MUSHY keyboards. > > As a side-effect it's loud. I really don't mind. > > -Yaron > > -- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > From: "Bill Layer" <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> > Organization: Viking Electronics, Inc. > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:22:37 -0600 > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: [TCLUG] (OT) Video card needed > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > I'm in need of a basic AGP (maybe even PCI if I get the right deal) video > card, 8MB or better. An older TNT1 16MB card would be ideal; I don't need > anything fancy, something that was state-of-the-art two years ago would be > fine. Of course, linux support is mandatory. > > If you have such an item for sale or trade, please reply off-list. Thanks! > > -- > Bill Layer > <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:22:37 -0600 > From: Jerry M Nolan <nolanjm at juno.com> > Subject: [TCLUG] Re: tclug-list kybd cleaning > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > down at the po we just sprayed some 409 and held it upside down, so it > wouldn't hit the > membrane. then use a medium flat blade screwdriver to clean between the > keytops > we did this about once a month cuz of all the dust on the workroom floor. > never had a failure. here at home I once tried taking one apart that > had already failed. I washed the > PCB with alcohol and a lint free q-tip . it worked for about 2 weeks. > good luck, Jerry > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:42:43 -0600 > From: Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] (OT) Video card needed > Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > --tcC6YSqBgqqkz7Sb > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > You might wanna see if someones got a g200 or g400 laying around. 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