Subj : Re: QWK Readers for FreeBSD
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon Aug 31 2020 06:00 pm

On 8/29/2020 7:39 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
>> I like the Unicomp/Model-M style keyboards the most, but they're too
>> annoying for people around me, and on calls.  Now I'm mostly using das
>> keyboards w/ cherry mx brown switches.  I've got a couple generic brown
>> keyboards, but most of the generics no longer use real browns and they
>> don't feel quite right.
> 
> Preach. I have a model M that's been with me since 1991, and can't use
> it in the house; my home office is right off of the main television
> room.
> 
> I have a chiclet keyboard on my desktop now, think I've been turned by
> the new laptop keyboards. I should find a quieter mechanical keyboard;
> I've just gotten spoiled by wireless keyboards and haven't found a
> wireless mechanical keyboard (yet).

Cherry MX Browns are generally the most liked by touch typists for 
mechanical switches (tactile bump, less noisy), though preferences will 
vary.  There are a lot of fake "brown-like" and if you're looking at a 
keyboard under around $80 US, it's probably fake browns that aren't the 
same.

There are some newer wireless mechanical keyboards, many of the good 
ones are using an RF adapter that isn't bluetooth and tends to perform 
better if you go that way.  I don't have enough personal experience on 
that side, I've been wired for a long time now.  One occassion of 
driving to a store halfway across town at 3am for batteries with a 
looming deadline was one time too many for me.

-- 
Michael J. Ryan
tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS

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