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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: IBM RT Console: Great Kbd!!!
Message-ID: <4198@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 12 Aug 89 02:33:35 GMT
References: <14991@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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In article <14991@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ari Halberstadt) writes:
>I would like to praise IBM's keyboard and console display for
>the RT/PC.  The keyboard is the *best* keyboard
>I have ever used on a computer!!! It has perfect, soft, tactile
>feedback, the slope is right, and it's easy to reprogram any
>of the keys, especially function keys, which makes working
>with some programs much easier.

First, I agree with everything you say.  The original RT keyboard
(what I'm using right now) had a wonderful feel and touch.  Unfortunately,
the latest RTs are being shipped with the PS/2 keyboards.


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Steve Dyer
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