[rescue] WANTED: Decent Sun Keyboard

Jeff Workman jworkman at pimpworks.org
Wed Feb 5 13:04:21 CST 2003


Stoned koalas drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as R. Lonstein exclaimed:

> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:00:47PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 03:10:14PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>> > Are there any Sun-compatible keyboards that aren't complete mushy
>> > dogshit?  Perhaps, something approaching even the tactile response of
>> > an Omnikey?  I dare not hope for anything like my beloved Model M, but
>> > these type 4 and type 6 keyboards are the pits. :(
>>
>> Borrow my sun / ps2 keybaord adapter and use that model m.
>
> That's the road I took. I have my favorite Type-M hooked to one of
> those adapters at work and into the U1 under my desk. After remapping
> the keyboard a bit with xmodmap I had just what I wanted... a good
> keyboard and a properly positioned CTRL key.

What's wrong with the type 5 keyboards?  I happen to love the feel of them, 
as well as the convenience of the cut/copy/paste buttons.

-Jeff

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