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kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 
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And aside from the web and forum servers being on valium today.... What has happened to the Scarecrow Grapshs??? I get the following message when trying to bring them up.... Page not found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try the following: If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly. - Click the Back button in your browser to try another link. - Use a search engine like Google to look for information on the Internet. HTTP 404 - File not found Oh Scarecrow.....where art thou? "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." 
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 champ  Send message Joined: 12 Mar 03 Posts: 3642 Credit: 1,489,147 RAC: 0 
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At the moment, all is working fine and normal for me. Must be German engineering. LOL ID: 699238 · |
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Fred W Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 2524 Credit: 11,954,210 RAC: 0 
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Hmmm. I'm getting the same as ms. Curious. F. 
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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At the moment, all is working fine and normal for me. No, it just sometimes seems that if I complain, things get fixed and my complaint is moot.......but Scarecrow's site is still dead in the water...... EDIT......And I am a stubborn German too........ "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Dr. C.E.T.I.  Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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. . . hopefully - you're each gettin' the 'blazingly fast' @ this time - seems like it's workin' right now ;) ps - no more valium for the system today eh  BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 699242 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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I better take some before I tear my keyboard up......... Anybody else use an IBM 42H1292? I buy them on ebay because I have to have the 'clicky' keyboard.....cannot stand the 'soft serve' ones...... I have one or two in reserve... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Fred W Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 2524 Credit: 11,954,210 RAC: 0
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Scarecrow seems to be back - but the update times are a bit "behind the times". F.
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Brian Silvers Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 1681 Credit: 492,052 RAC: 0
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Dear goodness... Is that with the big ole coiled cord and a AT connector? I haven't used one of those in years and probably couldn't stand it... I don't have to look at the keyboard when I type and I'm fairly good at catching spelling mistakes... This is a pic of the type of keyboard I currently use:  ID: 699253 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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The 42H1292 is the 'buckling spring' keyboard aka 'clicky' keyboard. Here is a website devoted to it.... Clicky..... At one time, the original IBM versions were selling for 100's of dollars in Japan, before IBM sold the works to Lexmark......and then it went to Unicomp. These babies weigh a couple of pounds. Now THAT is a keyboard. You could actually put these babies into a dishwasher (not recommended) and they would survive the wash. I personally have had a couple of them survive a whiskey and soda wash after which I dunked them in the tub and after a couple of weeks of drying out...they still survived. The main thing though, is the feel......the click. Clumsy fingers like mine have a hard time getting tactile feedback (duh, did I hit that key or not?) from the soft touch boards in general use today....gotta have that click. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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THIS is what I am talking about........ The current version (available in the standard cream color.....) Now THIS is a KEYBOARD!!  Remember the bit with Scotty and the keyboard?? Scotty in the quest for Transparent Aluminum.....had to be a clicky...LOL. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Bert Send message Joined: 12 Oct 06 Posts: 84 Credit: 813,295 RAC: 0
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THIS is what I am talking about........ I still have three old Selectric type keyboards that have the correct plug for modern mobos. And two short ones (no numeric keypad) that fit inside a regular bag. I still look for them at hamfests. They go for two or three dollars each. I just have to make sure they don't have the old DIN plugs. You may want to try the IBM model KB 8923 (FRU 07H0666) as a substitute. The one I am using now dates to 1996-12. ID: 699265 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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THIS is what I am talking about........ OMG....you know what a hamfest is??? Now that's really a hoot. I have gone to a number of them since the 90's with a buddy of mine.... Never know what you might find there.......although I have found in the recent years they have become more commercialized and less ham-oriented. I remember many years ago when there were folks from around the world with satellite phones in their hands bidding on a little electronic trinket that they thought would be of some value in their home world...... The biggest one in the world is said to be in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and I have been there many times. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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I do -- and have several "new old stock" keyboards stored away. What I'm wondering (and simply haven't tried) is what does it take to hook one to a USB port? I suspect that most USB/PS2 keyboards are somehow "USB-aware" but I'm not at all sure. ID: 699277 · |
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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Brian, You aren't supposed to look at the keyboard -- this is all about feel. When you push a key, it takes a certain amount of effort -- not a lot, but some. At the same time that the contact "makes" the key gets easier and you hear the characteristic "click" sound. There are those that argue that the 84 key, with the function keys on the left is the best layout ever, but it's really the 102 key layout, with no goofy "windoze" key that is the de-facto standard. ... and eBay is your friend. -- Ned Note to Mark: I'm sure a lot of us go to hamfests, but we probably don't go for the computer bits. A surprizing number of "names" here in the fora are actually callsigns. ID: 699279 · |
jason_gee  Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 
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what does it take to hook one to a USB port? I suspect that most USB/PS2 keyboards are somehow "USB-aware" but I'm not at all sure. If At-->PS2-->USB adaptors don't float your boat, then you probably don't wanna know... but if you did there's a "consortium" to help you design one .... "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. ID: 699281 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51586 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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what does it take to hook one to a USB port? I suspect that most USB/PS2 keyboards are somehow "USB-aware" but I'm not at all sure. Oh crap....the last couple of mobos I got didn't even have PS2 ports on 'em. Had to resort to USB adapter thingys......one worked like s**t, the other seems to work OK. It's a bi**h keeping up with technology........ And you gotta render your speech 'kid friendly' on the boards instead of speaking your mind.......but that's a good thing....until your mouse craps out...... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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jason_gee Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0
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I was a first gen ps2 clicky keyboard fan, but have to put up with an el'cheapo logitech now :( .... oh .. On the mouse issue ... Got given a razer copperhead with Exactmat for christmas (control side / Speed side)... Will never look back.. both MS and logitech feel like molasses now .... Jason "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. ID: 699289 · |
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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what does it take to hook one to a USB port? I suspect that most USB/PS2 keyboards are somehow "USB-aware" but I'm not at all sure. Well, I'm not leaning toward designing one, I left that part of the industry when the Burroughs A3 mainframe went into production. Pretty amazing little box: smaller than a normal office desk, and 6 megabytes of RAM (48 bit words). It just seems to me that most of the "USB keyboard adapters" are just wires, and it probably needs a tiny bit of logic if the keyboard is "too old." I wish these things were still made, the garbage they produce now is like trying to type on a wet sponge. ID: 699290 · |
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Brian Silvers Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 1681 Credit: 492,052 RAC: 0
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OK. Here's the thing. I type somewhere around 55-60 wpm, with a fairly high degree of accuracy. I don't need the "assurance" that I hit a key hard enough or that I hit the right key, I either know that I hit the right key by just being confident or that I can see the screen as I'm typing and realize that I was successful or made a boo-boo... I also do not "pound" the keyboard either. Anyway, I've used them before, and just don't like them. To each their own... ID: 699292 · |
UBT - NaRyan  Send message Joined: 20 Oct 07 Posts: 89 Credit: 165,614 RAC: 0
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lol my keyboard is a not for peck typers keyboard!!! It's a Das Keyboard II Yeep the one that's totaly blank :) Confuses the heck out of peeps that use my computer. But heh once you get used to it your typing speed sure gets faster :) And boy does it annoy people. It does "click" when you type, but it has 3 different types of click. Light makes it go "clicky", medium makes it go "click", hard makes it go "clunk" So you can actualy play a tune while typing. :P 
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