cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (09/26/83)
From: Frank da Cruz <cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA>
A while back, there were a few messages on this list about the Key
Tronics keyboard for the PC. Does anyone know for sure if the same
keyboard (KB5150) works on both the PC and the XT? I called the
company and got conflicting reports ("yes", "no", "don't know"), which
surprised me, since they are advertising rather heavily and seem to be
successful. - Frank"PearsonPete"@LLL-MFE.ARPA (03/07/84)
Keytronics makes a passable keyboard substitute. Check their frequent ad in Byte or PC to see how you like the layout. My biggest gripe about it (not very big) is that there is no tactile feedback. Also, they had no good suggestion, when I called on behalf of a large number of users, as to what I might do with the OLD keyboards. But if you haven't bought your "system unit" yet, note that you CAN get a system unit without a keyboard. Most IBM dealers deny it, but the item number is 5150X14, 5150X64, or 5150X74 (according to disk(s): 1 SS, 1 DS, or 2 DS). Our (rather old) price list shows each of these as $270 less than the corresponding with-keyboard model. Peter. [Thanks to Rob Kling <Kling%UCI-20B@UCI-750a> for forwarding this message. -Ed.]