Hi Phil.

Did you have any trouble with accidental keypresses with a keyboard with a 
lighter touch?  It might be of interest to me as I too have some issues 
with hands and wrists from a lot of keyboarding, since I use it in both my 
work and my leisure time activities.

73 for now.
--Lou K2LKK



At 05:46 PM 8/12/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>No, this has nothing to do with ham radio, unless, of course, you are a ham,
>own a computer, use a keyboard, and also use a keyboard to program your
>radio and send CW.  Otherwise, it isn't ham radio at all related so those of
>you that don't appreciate the information, because it isn't ham related, can
>unsubscribe now and we won't miss you at all.  Don't let the door hit you in
>the butt on the way out either.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX
>
>
>My wife and I go through keyboards like nothing.  We have hunted
>for a good, long lasting, production type keyboard for years and
>finally found one.  We tried the key click style and brand and
>liked them and used them for years, off and on, but then they
>became very difficult to find.  Plus, after maybe six months of
>use, the control keys often began to stick.
>
>The other day, my oldest son found a keyboard that Sandy first
>purchased and tried and then we ordered a second for me.  Sandy,
>as some of you know, is a production typist as a medical
>transcriptionist and has been typing for 38 years.  She wears out
>the standard keyboard you get with your computer within six
>months.  Additionally, her hands begin to ache and this new
>keyboard seems to have eliminated that.  this new keyboard doesn't
>have the letters and numbers printed on the keys so if you are a
>hunt and peck typist, forget it.  They sell for 69 and 89 dollars
>plus shipping.  Two day air runs about 18 bucks additional.  They
>are USB keyboards but you can purchase, at just bout any computer
>store, a USB adapter the converts it into the standard IBM small
>barrel type connector and plug it right back into where your old
>keyboard was originally.  That's if you don't have a USB port.
>
>The keys are very light to touch.  The minute I began using mine
>today, I realize I was typing much faster because you simply don't
>have to press hard for the keys to make contact.  According to
>their website, and this sounds about right in product usage, the
>average keyboard will stand about 10 to 15 million keystrokes.
>I'd like to see that, though.  This keyboard, they claim will run
>50 million keystrokes and 80,000 hours of use.  The backslash is
>also just above the enter key so your little finger can tap it
>without your hand leaving the home keys.  Speaking of home keys,
>the F and J keys have no markings on them but are curved and
>deeper than all the rest of the keys found on the keyboard so
>going directly to the home keys is no problem.  I have had
>problems for years with my right hand hurting after typing for
>very long.  This keyboard is so easy to type on, my right hand
>doesn't seem to care about it at all.  For complete details go to:
>
>www.daskeyboard.com
>
>and read more about it.  No, I'm not selling them nor making any
>money off of them but if I could, I would.  I just thought some of
>you might like to know about them.
>
>Phil.
>
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