well. they are very sturdy, my omnikey has lasted me for 4 years, and was
used by someone else before that.. the last real omnikey was made in 94 or
so, avant still makes them, but arnt' sold by any computer mmanufacturer
anymore.. I found something close to as cool as an omnikey, but I have yet
to find a vendor that actualyt sells them.. (it's a nice heavy duty
mitsumi) other than that.. they are just nice tactile keyboards.. most
keyboards are made with a membrane of rubber, the omnikey is individual
key switches, which is much harder to make.. component-wise
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Andrew Nemchenko wrote:
> What is so special about these Omnikey keyboards and why are they so
> expencive NEW??
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net>
> To: TCLUG <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] My OmniKey died!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> > crap.. I was just about to throw out a bunch of old broken omnikey parts..
> > you can have them if you want them I also think i found my omnikey wiring
> > schematic..
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)
> >
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> > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yaron wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > This is a sad, sad story.
> > >
> > > It's apparently winter now, so I've been discharging static electricity
> at
> > > everything. Makes it REALfun to take apart MBoards/RAM/CPUs.
> > >
> > > Anyway, as I'm sure many of you know, OmniKeys are the best keyboards in
> > > the world. One of the good things about them is that they are heavy as
> > > hell.
> > >
> > > Unfortunetly, this is due to a highly conductive steel frame.
> > >
> > > So, I sit down, reach for the keyboard - and ZAP it to death.
> > >
> > > Yes! I _zapped_ an _OmniKey_ to death. This thing has been around (and
> in
> > > constant use!) since 1990. It has had tea, coke, water and various
> > > foodstuff dropped into it. It has fallen off desks. It has been used as
> a
> > > cat bed for several years. NOTHING could kill that keyboard, except
> > > apparently static discharges.
> > >
> > > Oh, it's not COMPLETELY dead. Some keys still work fine. Other, like the
> B
> > > key for example, do weird things like printing out "*ZXCVBNM<>?" (yeah,
> > > the whole row). Spacebar now toggles CAPSLOCK. Some keys send, in
> addition
> > > to themselves, an F1.
> > >
> > > I now have ONE working OmniKey, and four that kinda work. Anyone know
> > > somewhere that can fix them? Anyone know of a current keyboard that's
> even
> > > remotely as decent, save the Avant Stellar which costs WAY too much? Is
> > > eBay my only hope?
> > >
> > > Sadly typing on a REALLY quiet and mushy keyboard,
> > >
> > > -Yaron
> > >
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