[rescue] Must have peripherals [was Re: worth it for the disks?]

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Dan Lane wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:45:47PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
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>>On July 31, Scott Newell wrote:
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>>>OK, so what other peripherals (especially older stuff that's now cheap on
>>>the surplus market) are people really fond of?  I'm a big fan of the clicky
>>>IBM model M keyboards, and I suspect I'm gonna love this Laserjet 4si once
>>>I get everything lined out.
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>>  I'm big on output devices.  My favorites are a Tektronix Phaser 550
>>for color raster output, an Apple Laserwriter 16/600PS for mono
>>output, and an HP 7550A HPGL pen plotter for color vector output.
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>>  For keyboards I'm currently using an Apple Pro keyboard, but I also
>>like Happy Hackers as well as the later-series SGI granite PS/2
>>keyboards.  I also agree with your preference for the IBM clicky
>>keyboards, I like them a lot.
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>>       -Dave
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>Bah! I managed to spill a whole pint of Coke _into_ my beloved US SGI granite keyboard.. I tried everything to un-stickify it, including giving it a bath [ http://www.x11.net/gallery/geek/aam ], bit its STILL gooey :(
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>And now I am stuck using this crappy UK layout Trust "Windows 98 Power Keyboard" I had lying around :(
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Try throwing it in a dishwasher. VERY low heat, then let it sit out for 
3 weeks to dry. If you are in a hurry, you can throw it in an oven @ 
100F for a couple hours.

I have saved many keyboards this way.

shawn