Re: [opensuse] Re: New desktop

On Thursday 09 August 2007 03:48, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 05:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi

One missing thing in your list imho:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able to
spend for silence?

Anyone has any input to this? Any sites that can help me with the
configuration, any do-it-yourself sites?

As regards silence, the old IBM keyboards are absolutely the most
wonderful and loud keyboards in existance. Some
electronics/computer/ham-radio fleamarkets have these. If noise is no
object, get one! They seem to last forever. No Windows keys, but you
probably wouldn't care.

--doug, wa2say

Fully agreed!!!!
Although I confess being a silent PC geek and there is hardly anything
that nerves me more than noisy PCs that I must work with for hours ,
this does not apply to keyboards.

This is typed on a Model M style keyboard with 122 keys that I got from
ebay for 10â?¬.
Looks like this
http://www.shoppalstores.com/ibmmodelm/image//2002021-004.jpg

The pictured keyboard is apparently a foreign version. I'm using 2 model Ms
on my computers, and all the keys work with Linux or Windows, except probably
the Scroll Lock, Print Screen, and Pause keys that I've never seen work on
anything. My American model M's do not have any keys left of the Tab, Caps-
Lock, Shift, Ctrl. And the bottom left alpha key is Z.

--doug, wa2say

Unfortunately not all keys work with a PC, but all I need and much more
is there.
This one is also suitable for self-defence and in case you need a hammer
but do not one, you do not need to buy one.


They are great, they are even greater when your PC is silent and they
are greatest when there is no one else in the room who is constantly
complaining about your IBM klicky-keyboard noise. ;-)

Lately I found a solution to the latter problem and bought my wife
another Model M.
Now we are both on Klickey-Keyboard, she never wants to use anything
else keyboardwise and most important, we are in love, once again. ;-))


regards
Eberhard
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