Hello,
on 27.05.2016 06:27, Chris Bennett wrote:
This question has probably been asked before, but a lot has changed
since then.
I want to buy a new one, sent to the USA. Looked at Amazon briefly. Not
sure if there may be a better place to order from.
Cherry, for one of the largest manufacturers of keyboard switches,
builds its classic G80-3000 with "US and cyrillic" layout (see
http://www.cherry.de/cid/keyboards_G80-3000.htm?rdeLocationAttr=US&rdeLocaleAttr=en
, click on "Models").
Apple (in case you like those thin things where the keycaps barely
move) sells one, too ...
http://www.apple.com/ru/shop/product/MB110RU/B
Unicomp (pckeyboard.com) of course, as somebody else suggested on this
list, is a nice idea, too. Very solid stuff indeed ... may even be up
to Russian military standards. ;-)
As for places to buy keyboards, I recently bought (a completely
different, non-Cyrillic) one from "The Keyboard Company" in the UK,
and at least their name suggests they seem to know a bit about that
subject matter.
They also sell a "no-name" Russian-layout one
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/russian-keyboard-black-usb.asp ,
but I'm sure you could talk to them and ask them whether they can get
ahold of the Cyrillic version of the Cherry (G80-3000LPCRB-x) in case
you want a better one. I'm guessing they will ship world-wide.
Any advice on what to be sure to find or not find on a keyboard?
Sorry, I'm not competent to tell you about "standard" kb layouts and
whatnot when it comes to Russia, but looking at the pictures of the
Apple keyboard and the no-name one from that dealer, the layouts do
seem to have a lot of similarities. (Not sure whether that really
helps you. :) )
In any case, if you find a nice keyboard on some European site and you
totally cannot find a way to get it shipped to the U.S., let me know
off-list and maybe we can work something out.
Cheers,
Christoph
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