[Wolves] keyboards and hairloss

[Andy Wootton]

Andy Wootton wrote:
> Andrew Lewis wrote:
>   
>>> I can only find one in the USA, didn't one of the stalls have them @ LrL
>>> 2006?
>>>     
>>>       
>> They did, but it wasn't a full keyboard - the numeric keypad is
>> important to me :(
>> Linuxemporium have had the "out of stock RoHS compliance" notice up
>> since they were first on the stall in '06.
>> I'm amazed that a decent keyboard is such an obscure item.... surely
>> I'm not the only person in the UK who can tell the difference between
>> a membrane and a mechanical switch? Is a secret trade in IBM Model M
>> keyboards the only reasonable recourse for people in this country? I'm
>> not alone in this, btw..... I have a friend who has been forced to
>> screw their keyboard to their desk, because they are a heavy typist
>> and the cheap keyboards keep sliding along as he types.
>>
>> Ah well, it looks like it's a good job I can speak Germanese.
>>
>> Spline
>>
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> I have a vague recollection that IBM bought keyboards from Cherry and I 
> just found this:
> http://www.keyboardspecialists.co.uk/category/by_manufacturer/cherry/
>
> Woo
>
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This tells you which are mechanical
http://www.cherry-keyboard.com/