I wouldn't say I "swore" by these, but they are quite cheap and I've never had one fail (going on about 4 years at home, and 3 at work). I use Mitsumi keyboards because at first I thought "Hey, they're cheap, if they break, I'll buy a new one." So far, I've never replaced one (although I don't spill stuff on it :) By the way, they cost seven dollars. Timothy On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yaron wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a sad, sad story. > > It's apparently winter now, so I've been discharging static electricity at > everything. Makes it REALfun to take apart MBoards/RAM/CPUs. > > Anyway, as I'm sure many of you know, OmniKeys are the best keyboards in > the world. One of the good things about them is that they are heavy as > hell. > > Unfortunetly, this is due to a highly conductive steel frame. > > So, I sit down, reach for the keyboard - and ZAP it to death. > > Yes! I _zapped_ an _OmniKey_ to death. This thing has been around (and in > constant use!) since 1990. It has had tea, coke, water and various > foodstuff dropped into it. It has fallen off desks. It has been used as a > cat bed for several years. NOTHING could kill that keyboard, except > apparently static discharges. > > Oh, it's not COMPLETELY dead. Some keys still work fine. Other, like the B > key for example, do weird things like printing out "*ZXCVBNM<>?" (yeah, > the whole row). Spacebar now toggles CAPSLOCK. Some keys send, in addition > to themselves, an F1. > > I now have ONE working OmniKey, and four that kinda work. Anyone know > somewhere that can fix them? Anyone know of a current keyboard that's even > remotely as decent, save the Avant Stellar which costs WAY too much? Is > eBay my only hope? > > Sadly typing on a REALLY quiet and mushy keyboard, > > -Yaron > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Houck thouck at thouck.com www.thouck.com