[geeks] Inexpensive SGI Indigo 2 R10K

[Jonathan C Patschke]

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 12:18 AM, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Weird - I've NEVER had tha thappen, and I type like a greased monkey.
> Is this locally, or via SSH to another system?  99% of my stuff is
> SSH to ohno.

Both.  There are a few other weird combinations, but grep->gr-ep is the 
one that annoys me the most.

> I like the MacAlly iKey keyboards, because THEY DONT HAVE THE NIPPLE 
> DOTS
> ON THE WRONG KEYS (e.g, they're on f and j where GOD INTENDED THEM TO 
> BE -
> but on the ADB keyboard they're on d and k, ap o ewmn i[ tu[ewomG ;OLE 
> TJOS/.

Yeah, but the tips of my fingers are almost too thick for me to feel 
them, anyway.  It's an annoyance, but I have the feel of crap 
keyboards, and I'm willing to put up with it.

> For a touch-typist who learned on a keyboard with the "dots" on f and 
> j,
> a original Mac extended ADB keyboard *sucks*.  Good feel, but those 
> dots
> are the only thing wrong with it.

Very true.

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Jonathan C. Patschke
Celestrion Information Systems
Thorndale, TX