jsweet%uci-750a@sri-unix.UUCP (03/13/84)
From: Jerry Sweet <jsweet@uci-750a> Are there any alternative (i.e. close-to-Selectric configuration) keyboards available for the IBM XT? I find that the positions of the shift and return keys on the XT are enough to increase my typing errors by 70% and decrease my typing speed by a similar amount. If the IBM XT keyboard were the only keyboard that I used, the problem would go away, but for most of the day, I must use four other keyboards that have more in common with each other than with the IBM keyboard. I have heard that there is software available to convert the "weird" keys to "expected" keys, but this is not the optimum solution. Yes, I really want a different keyboard. The keyboard must not require any soldering, rewiring, or reprogamming to work; it must plug right into the XT chassis, no fuss, no muss. Please...no religious keyboard issue flaming; I want information, not attempts to convert me. -jns