[TriLUG] keyboards

[David Burton via TriLUG]

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Sean Korb via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I've used the dishwasher on keyboards I've given up on.  I let them dry for
> weeks since I usually have a surplus of keyboards.  It's worked on both a
> Logitech and an HP keyboard so far... I'm typing with one right now :)
>
> sean
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:10:11 -0500
> > Ric Moore via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On 02/28/2015 08:26 AM, Peter Neilson via TriLUG wrote:
> >
> > > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a keyboard with better keys?
> > >
> > > The keyboard of the Televideo 1603 was a dream. Alas, those days of
> > > CP/M and keyboard chivalry are long gone. :( Ric
> >
> > Yes!
> >
> > My Kaypro 2x came with this light touch keyboard with even spring
> > action all the way down, and when you hit bottom, you could go no
> > further and knew it. This sounds problematic, but in fact it was a fast
> > type and I've never had anything like it.
> >
> > I had several of the IBM Clickety Clacks over the years and liked them,
> > but while I was writing Samba Unleashed I stopped using them because
> > they required too much finger pressure for 3K word/day month long
> > stretches.
> >
> > I now have a circa 2002 Compaq keyboard that's absolutely wonderful.
> > Tactical feedback without the 50 decibel sound of the IBM
> > clickety-clacks, and without the extreme finger pressure requirement.
> >
> > The only problem is, I eat at my keyboard (excuuuuuuuse me!), so it's
> > filthy now. What do you guys do to clean up a keyboard? I was thinking
> > of taking a photo of it, putting all the keys in the washing machine,
> > cleaning the exterior and somehow the interior too without losing the
> > springs and rubber domes, and then putting it back together again. Does
> > that sound reasonable?
> >
> > I long for the days when you could get really good keyboards for three
> > bucks apiece at garage sales and computer swap meets.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
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