![]() ![]() ![]() It was conceived to prevent people from accidentally sending. It's my nature to fixate on something obscure like this and research it to death for several weeks. There was, for instance, a Northgate OmniKey Ultra from the late 1980s, and Wichary pointed out that it had a comma period lock key. Northgate Computer Systems, Inc., based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It’s been joked that Northgate went out of business because when people bought one of their keyboards they were so solidly built people never needed to buy another one! A circa 1993 model Northgate OmniKey/ULTRA-T, still working after 16 years of heavy use. I believe they both use the buckling spring system which give the characteristic clickety-clack keyboard sound. The two series of keyboards most sought after seem to be the IBM Model M and the Northgate Omnikey. It seems with the commoditisation of personal computers, keyboards gradually became the victims of cost cutting measures which resulted in cheaper materials being used, membranes instead of dedicated mechanical components and generally crappier and flimsier designs. Looking into this further I’ve found out there’s an entire cottage industry online for the maintenance and reselling of second hand, early generation keyboards people literally swear by their timeless designs. I cant find information on the correct combination though. Despite having numerous new machines over the years, he still uses his original Northgate Omnikey 102 he purchased in the 1980s because he claims it’s more solidly built and gives superior tactile and audible feedback compared to the cheap, disposable keyboards most of us now use. Northgate Omnikey 101 dip switch settings geoffm3 G geoffm3 Veteran Member Joined Messages 1,262 Location Huntsville, AL 1 If my hunch is correct, this keyboard supports both IBM and Amiga by setting the appropriate dip switches, 1-3. For better or worse (I’ve heard plenty of convincing arguments from both sides) I’ve resigned myself to the fact most of my thoughts in life will be expressed by being funnelled from my brain, through my nervous system to the muscles in my fingers where they’ll twitch and spasm in predictable ways with the resulting actions being directed at some form of computer keyboard.Īfter listening to some more recent episodes of Security Now where Steve Gibson has talked at great length about his coding practices I’ve been really interested to learn specifically about the keyboard he uses. 44 MB Teac Floppy Dual Serial/Parallel/Game Adapter Northgate OMNIKEY/ULTRA Keyboard Options include: Any.
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