Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:9597 misc.kids:2585 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!bobmon From: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (Bobmon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.kids Subject: Re: Kid Proof Keyboard Message-ID: <5166@iuvax.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 19:12:29 GMT References: <3881@ptsfa.UUCP> Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (Bobmon) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 19 I just wrap the keyboard (somewhat loosely) in one or two layers of Saran wrap/generic plastic food wrapping. The material is flimsy enough to allow speed-typing through it, as I'm doing now, and it's perfectly protective until you eventually wear through it. But it's easily replaceable and at a very attractive price ("free"), and it commits you to nothing if you don't like it. I tape it to the back side so it'll stay put. As a side benefit, the wear patterns give me a fascinating glimpse into the usage of my keyboard -- for example, the CTRL, "A", and Down-Arrow keys are all worn (the plastic cover, that is) much more heavily than RETURN, and it appears that I hit the SPACE bar almost exclusively with my right thumb. And nothing evil has gotten into the keyboard, even though I perform most of my bodily functions while hunched over it. (:-) p.s. I had a commercial version of this for my old C-64; it worked okay and was obviously sturdier, but it cost about $15 and the sturdier plastic was also stiffer so that pushing one key had a tendency to carry its neighbors along too. Given my choice of either, for free, I'd stay with the lighter-weight and renewable food-wrap.