Hi Alternative Keyboard Fanciers, I picked up a Belkin Nostromo 50 USB "speedpad" for $25 at Fry's yesterday. It looked as if it might make a good chord...
Hello, After reading some of the older posts, I realise that there are probably better keyboards than the cheezy $18 keyboard that came with my computer. BTW...
Howdy, List, Anyone been able to switch keyboard layouts in a DOS box on Win2K? Not talking about through the GUI, but through a shell to CMD. They've removed...
Carl Pearson
jman@...
May 5, 2003 11:18 pm
1307
Well now you have opened a real can of worms. The Kinesis has a more solid feel, but it costs more. I prefer a tactile response from my keyboard as well, and...
Fred Craven
fred@...
May 6, 2003 3:07 am
1308
... Possibly the best "conventional" keyboards around are made by Creative Vision Technologies. See http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/menu.htm They are...
... Hey Carl, I use the DOS utilites at http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/dos.html under Win98. Is that the sort of thing you're looking for, or have I got the ...
Not quite, I've used dvorak.sys for years, but win2k doesn't seem to 'like' the default keyboard.sys file, or kb16 isn't working as per its help screen. My...
Carl Pearson
jman@...
May 6, 2003 10:58 am
1311
Some slight confusion here. A cmd.exe command-line window is NOT a "DOS box". The Windows command-line interpreter (cmd.exe) is a 32-bit Windows console...
... The keys created work with almost all Windows programs programs with the exception of the very few that process scancodes directly (mostly X11 Window...
... Yes, IBM :) The original IBM keyboards sold with systems IBM PC's and unix workstations for many years (both the old 'clicker' models and the newer...
... You don't say what country you are in... If you are in the US, my recommondation would be an old IBM model M. I don't think they make them any more, but...
... It seems to me that most keyboard designers focus on entirely the wrong things. If you look at keyboards in shops, the more expensive ones usually go for...
Fred, Kim, Tom: Thanks for the replies about keyboards. Tom, you make some good points about the new keyboards (as seen at Best Buy, Circuit City and in the...
... You have to run Keyboard Layout Manager on the 2 main flavors of windows (W98-ME and Wnt-2000-XP). For example, it is possible to import a layout file made...
Thanks for the clarification, Tom! Never would have thought to try that, was thinking DOS was DOS. ;) No such info that I could find via search or MS page,...
Carl Pearson
jman@...
May 7, 2003 12:11 pm
1319
... another lightbulb goes off, it's amazing how many Dvorak users are also Linux users, must be something about not following the crowd but doing things the...
Access Systems
accessys@...
May 7, 2003 12:52 pm
1320
Hello, I think I'm gonna buy a model M on ebay. Of those on auction, some are described as "blue logo" model M's and others as "white logo" model M's. Is...
... Do you know if some of them use their own layout? I would like to see how it can be made. Francis ... -- Francis Leboutte (dvkleb) French Dvorak keyboard...
In a message dated 5/7/2003 8:54:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Does FreeBSD count, if it's the Mac OSX version? (my Linux box has no ethernet card...) ...
... There are loads on eBay. Search for < "model m" keyboard > or < ibm clicky keyboard >. There seems to be one seller at the moment offering a buy-it-now...
... I don't remember now... I think I just tried it and it worked. But given that I had read that Windows NT had a proper 32-bit command line as well as a...
Tom, thanks for the info. As it happens I just found a model M today after work at a local shop. It's perfect and I got it for $5! I am typing on it right...
... Until you mestioned it I was not aware of any distinction, but this page http://www.3m3718.com/bluelogo.php suggests that the blue logo models are slighty...
Wow, you are lucky. From the point of view of getting hold of these keyboards, it is a real pain over here in the UK. They are far less easily available (zero...
Actually, the machine in question is W2K, SP3. If I minimize the language bar, it *does* leave an icon in the tray (I use EN for Qwerty, SV - Swedish - for...
Carl Pearson
jman@...
May 8, 2003 1:32 am
1329
... Well, yes I do. and i think is really simple. Not that i switch the layouts while I am in a DOS-box everytime, but only once. Here is how it goes. i...
Tom, Don't mean to boast, but I just found another lovely white-logo Model M at another local shop. Cost: $2. You can't swing a dead cat around here without...
My machine has just been reconfigured. Previously I had W2K, but without the language bar installed. Now, I have W2K with Office XP and the language bar has...
Greetings everyone, I recently switched to a modified dvorak layout (about 3 weex ago) and I love it already. I almost have my speed back, don't look at my...
... I've been Dvorak exclusively for about 12 years ... no, I hit L with my ring finger ... sorry I run Linux and I set dvorak as default and log in that way,...
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