Subj : Re: QWK Readers for FreeB
To   : Tracker1
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Sep 01 2020 21:41:33

  Re: Re: QWK Readers for FreeB
  By: Tracker1 to Rob Mccart on Mon Aug 31 2020 05:55 pm

 > On 8/29/2020 9:29 PM, Rob Mccart wrote:
 > >> I like the Unicomp/Model-M style keyboards the most, but they're too
 > >> annoying for people around me, and on calls.
 >
 > > Why are those annoying to those around you? Key tap sounds ?
 >
 > Yeah, the buckling springs are particularly clicky.  People were
 > generally polite about it, but it's been clear on more than one
 > occassion that people didn't like the sound.

I had a co-worker who was very verbal about preference for model-M's and he brought like 3 of them in and put them on his desk. He plugged one in and started typing. Everybody in the office got to hear him type at like 10 words a minute. I was like, Dude, if you're gonna have a loud keyboard, learn to type!

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