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Inglo wrote:
> On 8/15/2004 2:55 AM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>
>> Inglo wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Anyone bought a new one lately?  Anybody use one of those flexible
>>> water-proof ones, do they recoil?  How about one with a scroll
>>> wheel, do they work well?
>>> Right now I've got one keyboard where the lights blink all the time
>>> and another where a lot of keys stick, strafe right sometimes never
>>> ends. Finally, did anyone buy that Doom 3 keyboard cover thing?  How
>>> silly is that? :-)
>>>
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>>> Steve [Inglo]
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Doom3 cover?  I need to get outside more :( really.    I buy small
>> stacks of el cheapo keyboards from my local shop.  There's always
>> someone in the family needing one, even the best keyboards wear out
>> or quit from liquid spillage or something.  They all seem to last me
>> about 6 months tops.  So $6 or $7 for a winders ps2 keyboard where
>> they seem to keep the keys in the same places regardless of brand
>> makes this a winner for me :)   I'll be looking for a Doom3 rat pad
>> to go with my Quake2 oversized one!  Oh, and a Doom3 Tshirt to go
>> with my Q2 shirt :)
> This is the custom keyboard thing:
> http://www.ideazon.com/newWebSite/mainframesetGames.htm
> this is the doom3 cover http://tinyurl.com/4oap9

The ZBoard is interesting.  The DOOM3 cover dedicates the left half the 
keyboard for controls.  Neat.   Guess it's time someone did something 
like this :)
-- 
McGrandpa [AGQx]

> It's not a terrible idea having a custom keyboard configuration, but
> $50 for the board then another $20 for each new app.  I need a
> keyboard that automatically morphs itself, raising/lowering keys,
> moving them around, depending on the application your running :-P
> The keyboard I'm looking at, you can sort of roll it up and it looks
> kind of indestructible, but I bet the keys just don't feel right,
> don't have the proper rebound, have to go in the store and check it
> out.  The first computer keyboard I had, back in '79, was actually a
> touchpad keyboard, I hated it.

My first was a Honeywell, weighs a ton, have to push the keys as the 
springs are kinda strong.  I spent 7 years using that one keyboard. 
Then it finally croaked.  Been using the cheepies ever since for my own. 
I like the smallest bezel possible, would use one with keys only, like 
in Brazil.

> Since I need a new one, I think I should at least get a USB model. 
> I've stuck with the basic >$10 PS/2 keyboards for the last several
> years, but thought I'd try something different, I really like the
> idea of having a scroll wheel on the keyboard.

I've seen em with a wheel, and with a track-marble.  Take yer pick!

>
> --
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>
> Steve [Inglo]