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Post #9 by CJ_Miller
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateTue, 4 Jan 2011 - 08:30
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/nimitz-class-kbd-amp-more.21947/
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Wow, very nice find indeed! Micro Computer Days? It is gorgeous.

+1 for mechanical switches, I loathe needing to use a dome keyboard for any length of time.

Last year I needed to buy a clicky keyboard but I don't typically find them locally, and they are starting to get pricey in auction-land. I decided on buying a new one from Unicomp and I love it. It is kind of drab and ugly but the switches are decent and it is native USB. Unicomp are the same facility that made the IBM Model M back in the day, they have a Yahoo storefront and make nice stuff. Sorry to sound like an advert, just personally I love this board.

My next fave is a Mac keyboard, Datadesk 101e. It has got both ADB and the older modular connector also. First (and for a long time the only) good keyboard I had.

Sometime when I am feeling ambitious I intend to retrofit my Atari Falcon and Mega keyboards with nice switches also, but I don't know when I will get around to it.

I like how there was more variety before keyboards became more standardized for Windoze, there are some interesting layouts out there. I dream of finding an MIT "space cadet" keyboard someday.

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