There are basically three reasons that people get pains in their hands, wrists, and forearms from using computer keyboards:ġ) They are using a non-split keyboard and have large hands, so their wrists must always be bent at a somewhat outward-cocked angle (with the wrists nearly touching) in order to type on a straight keyboard.Ģ) They are actually resting their wrists on the front edge of their desk or keyboard and all the motion that takes place during their keypresses is limited to the fingers. Part# 1386887, model M, appear to date back to 1986.Īs it is, I dream of having a ergonomic keyboard WITH mechanical keyswitches, but I don't know anyone who makes such. (Clicky keys + 12 extra function keys.I could map out half of my most frequently-used apps to function keys!)Īnybody know anything more about these keyboards?
I've been meaning to try and interface them to my PC.
#Mouseless keyborards for elderly Pc#
They look almost exactly like the 101 key PC ones, but they have 24 function keys and a connector which most closely resembles the AT keyboard connector, but with the pins spaced a bit differently. I even have a couple of ibm keyboards I rescued off a pair of terminals. Put that server and its howling fans far, far away from your ears.
#Mouseless keyborards for elderly plus#
Another plus is the fact that the keyboard cable plugs into the back and is therefore interchangeable with one of greater length. They don't have the metal backing, but they still have the "click" feel. Maybe that's why they never talked to me.Įventually I picked up a couple of newer ibm keyboards (101 key model M's) at a surplus sale to replace it, since the lack of f11 & f12 caused problems. Well, that or a secret agent of invading alien locusts, grinding my mandibles in evil anticipation of succulent human flesh. The grad students with whom I shared an office thought I was a crazy computer nut because of the incessant clicking.
It had a *metal* backing and must have massed 5 kilos. I used to have one from an old ibm AT - you know, the type with f1-f10 on the side (missing f11 & f12 - annoying every once in awhile.) Some guy in the wealthy section of town tossed it out on the curb on "massive garbage pick-up day" and I swooped down on it. Every time a keyboard-related story comes up, someone has to bring up the old ibm mechanical keyswitch keyboards.
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