![]() ![]() It's my nature to fixate on something obscure like this and research it to death for several weeks. Itâs been joked that Northgate went out of business because when people bought one of their keyboards they were so solidly built people never needed to buy another one! I believe they both use the buckling spring system which give the characteristic clickety-clack keyboard sound. The two series of keyboards most sought after seem to be the IBM Model M and the Northgate Omnikey. It seems with the commoditisation of personal computers, keyboards gradually became the victims of cost cutting measures which resulted in cheaper materials being used, membranes instead of dedicated mechanical components and generally crappier and flimsier designs. Looking into this further Iâve found out thereâs an entire cottage industry online for the maintenance and reselling of second hand, early generation keyboards people literally swear by their timeless designs. Despite having numerous new machines over the years, he still uses his original Northgate Omnikey 102 he purchased in the 1980s because he claims itâs more solidly built and gives superior tactile and audible feedback compared to the cheap, disposable keyboards most of us now use. Through hitting certain key combinations, you can create your own macros, and you can remap any key you wish except for the right Control key, which is the first key pressed along with others to enter macro and remap mode. Check the wiki for resources on what boards came with alps whites. This keyboard is not just a great keyboard for typing on itâs also a programmable keyboard. ![]() ![]() better or worse (Iâve heard plenty of convincing arguments from both sides) Iâve resigned myself to the fact most of my thoughts in life will be expressed by being funnelled from my brain, through my nervous system to the muscles in my fingers where theyâll twitch and spasm in predictable ways with the resulting actions being directed at some form of computer keyboard.Īfter listening to some more recent episodes of Security Now where Steve Gibson has talked at great length about his coding practices Iâve been really interested to learn specifically about the keyboard he uses. Any keyboard with alps white should be very close to the feel of your omnikey. This is the new OmniKey/101 > keyboard with the new Win95 keys added. ![]()
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