I’m typing this on my new Unicomp keyboard. It cost about $70 but it was worth it. I’m showing my age again, but it’s a throwback to the great old IBM keyboards. Unicomp bought the technology from Lexmark which was itself spun off from IBM. The keyboard uses the buckling spring technology developed by IBM and provides that clicking sound I like so much. (And my cubicle neighbors used to hate.) That old IBM technology is coupled with a modern USB connector. While I just got this one it seems [...] Read the rest »

I needed a new USB keyboard for my iMac. Long story short – can’t boot from CD, alternate disk, or alternate partition with a wireless keyboard by holding the option or “c” keys. It’s a real pain to move a USB keyboard around and with Boot Camp being added to the iMac it was time for a change. A wireless mouse makes sense for me, but the keyboard cable won’t be in the way. My existing USB keyboard was bought for emergencies and was therefore the cheapest I could get. [...] Read the rest »