I’m typing this on a Unicomp
keyboard that is a
(licensed) clone of the IBM Model M, but with a USB connection.
When I’ve used PS/2-to-USB adapters with my PS/2 Model Ms, I’ve had trouble
with dropped keystrokes. (Maybe I need better adapters; the ones I’ve used
have just been whatever the store had.)
PS/2 to USB adapters are iffy because they’re not actually electrically identical.
That Kinesis looks fantastic! (And I see that, unlike the Microsoft Natural, they put the 6 key on the correct hand …) Is it membrane or mechanical? Does it go >clickety-click< ?
I have used a kinesis contoured for 4 years or so. It uses Cherry Brown switches. They’re not especially clicky, but they have long travel and they have served me relatively well ergonomically over the last few years. The kinesis also has a “click” sound it plays on every key press (optional, but recommended).
Presumably mine has the same switches
lincolnquirk’s
does; I have (at least roughly) the same model and his description matches my
experience. I also keep the electronically generated click turned on. It’s
not very loud, but that’s good, because one of the main downsides of model M
keyboards is the worry about bothering fellow cubicle dwellers with the
clackity-clack.
My mods:
Remapped (via the Kinesis’s programmable firmware) to . The
built-in key
is too tiny, wobbly, and close to the key for a user
of a vi-style editor).
Swapped the mappings and keycaps of the up- and down-arrow keys, so that each
is in the same column as the corresponding vi movement key.
Remapped the extra <\> key (below ) to . (This key is already
, but only if you switch keypad modes. I use this mainly for pasting
into PuTTY with
+.)
Remapped some of the thumb keys (and used the included extra keycaps) so that
I have a and an for each hand (and no Windows
key or Menu
key). (A nice side-effect of this is
that I have two s and not an and an . I know it’s possible
to do this in Linux, but I haven’t gotten around to figuring out how yet,
which means when I use rdesktop to access my work computer from my home
computer I have to remember to use only the left key on my Unicomp.)
I’m typing this on a Unicomp keyboard that is a (licensed) clone of the IBM Model M, but with a USB connection.
When I’ve used PS/2-to-USB adapters with my PS/2 Model Ms, I’ve had trouble with dropped keystrokes. (Maybe I need better adapters; the ones I’ve used have just been whatever the store had.)
My keyboard at the office is a Kinesis Advantage.
Yes, a Unicomp is on my shopping list.
PS/2 to USB adapters are iffy because they’re not actually electrically identical.
That Kinesis looks fantastic! (And I see that, unlike the Microsoft Natural, they put the 6 key on the correct hand …) Is it membrane or mechanical? Does it go >clickety-click< ?
I have used a kinesis contoured for 4 years or so. It uses Cherry Brown switches. They’re not especially clicky, but they have long travel and they have served me relatively well ergonomically over the last few years. The kinesis also has a “click” sound it plays on every key press (optional, but recommended).
Presumably mine has the same switches lincolnquirk’s does; I have (at least roughly) the same model and his description matches my experience. I also keep the electronically generated click turned on. It’s not very loud, but that’s good, because one of the main downsides of model M keyboards is the worry about bothering fellow cubicle dwellers with the clackity-clack.
My mods:
Remapped (via the Kinesis’s programmable firmware) to . The built-in key is too tiny, wobbly, and close to the key for a user of a vi-style editor).
Swapped the mappings and keycaps of the up- and down-arrow keys, so that each is in the same column as the corresponding vi movement key.
Remapped the extra <\> key (below ) to . (This key is already , but only if you switch keypad modes. I use this mainly for pasting into PuTTY with +.)
Remapped some of the thumb keys (and used the included extra keycaps) so that I have a and an for each hand (and no Windows key or Menu key). (A nice side-effect of this is that I have two s and not an and an . I know it’s possible to do this in Linux, but I haven’t gotten around to figuring out how yet, which means when I use rdesktop to access my work computer from my home computer I have to remember to use only the left key on my Unicomp.)