Sun people and keyboards

[Dave McGuire]

On Nov 30, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Brad Parker wrote:
>> Does anyone here have pull with Sun Microsystems or know someone  
>> who does?
>> I'm trying to get the right person jazzed up about the idea of a  
>> Type 7
>> keyboard built like a Model M.  I've already emailed  
>> clickykeyboards.com
>> about it and they'll do the engineering and design work for about  
>> $27k.  A
>> Type 7 sells brand new for around $50.  I'm sure people would be  
>> more than
>> willing to pay twice as much for a "Type 7m".
>
> Could you explain a little more?  I got off the sun bus around type 4
> keyboards.
>
> What's special about a model 7?  and whats a "Model M"?
>
> Back in the day I loved my sun keyboard, but it looked like this:
>
>    http://flickr.com/photos/joeclark/2193465934/
>
> i.e. with the control key in the correct place :-)

   Good heavens, "Weird OLD Sun keyboard"...That's a Type 5, damn new  
in my book.  I still have my Type 2s...more than a decade older than  
that.  They felt great, too.

   Those Type 5 keyboards, and their much nicer (IMO) predecessors,  
the Type 4, were available with the control key in both the right and  
the wrong places.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL