On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:33:11 PM UTC, newshound wrote:
On 1/31/2017 10:52 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:55:16 +0000, Jethro_uk wrote:

I'm on my 3rd USB Microsoft Keyboard. The key decals keep wearing away
...

Is there a way to re-ink them ? Alternatively, can anyone suggest a
longer lived keyboard ?

Probably not much use to you, but they do come up secondhand.

I use IBM Model M keyboards (I have several).

The one I'm using is 24 years old, and has been in daily use for that
time (by me).

Nothing fancy (no Windows key!) and needs a £5 USB converter or a
suitable KVM. Very clicky and positive - not to everyone's taste.

NOTHING has worn.



I used to love them, but confess to having got used to the modern, less
clicky ones.

I too have had a few Model M keyboards, but prefer something slightly less clicky these days.

Cherry Blue keyswitches are my favourites, YMMV. Cherry Keyboards come with
keytops in both double-shot and non-doubleshot these days, I think;
you have to look closelyto see what a particular model has.
It is my impression that the Cheery black key tops tend not to be double-shot.

At home I have a Cherry G80-3000 with grey double-shot key caps (expensive,
difficult to find these says). At work I bouch a Filco 'Ninja' keyboard:

http://www.keyboardco.com/product-im...wn_large_5.jpg

These have the lettering on the *front* of the keys. The top surface is entirely black ('ninja'). They use Cherry switches (you can specify the
type) and are pretty nice (again, expensive).

One of these days I am going to come across and old Unicomp example at a car
boot sale...

Jon N