[rescue] Must have peripherals [was Re: worth it for the disks?]

[Dan Lane]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:45:47PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On July 31, Scott Newell wrote:
> > OK, so what other peripherals (especially older stuff that's now cheap on
> > the surplus market) are people really fond of?  I'm a big fan of the clicky
> > IBM model M keyboards, and I suspect I'm gonna love this Laserjet 4si once
> > I get everything lined out.
> 
>   I'm big on output devices.  My favorites are a Tektronix Phaser 550
> for color raster output, an Apple Laserwriter 16/600PS for mono
> output, and an HP 7550A HPGL pen plotter for color vector output.
> 
>   For keyboards I'm currently using an Apple Pro keyboard, but I also
> like Happy Hackers as well as the later-series SGI granite PS/2
> keyboards.  I also agree with your preference for the IBM clicky
> keyboards, I like them a lot.
> 
>        -Dave

Bah! I managed to spill a whole pint of Coke _into_ my beloved US SGI granite keyboard.. I tried everything to un-stickify it, including giving it a bath [ http://www.x11.net/gallery/geek/aam ], bit its STILL gooey :(

And now I am stuck using this crappy UK layout Trust "Windows 98 Power Keyboard" I had lying around :(

-- 
Dan Lane - NaD

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