On 07/06/2015 15:00, lee wrote: > Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> writes: > >> Hello, Peter >> >> On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Saturday 06 June 2015 11:22:45 Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>>> :-) I have a Filco mechanical keyboard, which works well. Does your new >>>> keyboard need more desk space than a standard one? That would be a >>>> negative feature for me. >> >>> I wonder how much better these are than my 105-key Cherry with its >>> mechanical >>> key switches. It isn't quiet, but it doesn't need to be since I'm the only >>> one >>> here. I deliberately went for a proper keyboard rather than those nasty >>> rubber-sheet jobs. >> >> My Filco has Cherry keys in it. I seem to remember from researching it a >> few years back, Cherry keys come in several weights of action, and some >> of them have an audible click, some don't. An audible click would drive >> me crazy. > > Buckling springs buckle and rattle, they don't click --- I do like that > sound :)
My trusty Model M, using which this very mail was typed, still buckles and rattles after god-only-knows how many years use[1]. I can use it as a stand-in cricket bat, or a weapon to fend off thieves in the night, and it will still buckle, rattle and type. I call that a quality keyboard. [1] And every legend on the keys is still perfect! I wonder if the legends are moulded all the way through. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
