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Esto me hace mas turbado que nunca.
Oye.. mi hermano Dave. No sabia que hablabas Espanol !
Si, puedo hablarlo. No es excelente, pero puedo defenderme (mis amigos Mexicanos siempre me dicen esto). Ahora no tengo teclado con letra en espanol.
For Special Characters Codes I use this site: http://goulvench.free.fr/UTF8shortcuts.html
I already memorized the necessary ones for typing in Spanish.
I got plenty of practice by chatting with a couple of friends since back in my MyOpera days.
Thanks, Suntana. That’s a good way to do special characters without having the keyboard. That page handles Mac and Windows. For Linux, it’s different though I don’t remember what to do at the moment.
I have a rather high-class international keyboard with the symbols I need. It’s an old design where the keys clack when depressed, an IBM Model M reproduction. I got tired of the noise, so I went to a local store and got a cheap silent US English one which is currently connected.
Mail ordering a special keyboard inside the US is sometimes a pain, so one time when I was in Cancun, I picked up one there. It seemed funny to buy it on vacation. “What did you bring back from Cancun?” A keyboard! lol.
Sometimes I use a character map. Other times I just strip special characters like I did above.
Ohhh, that’s right. You have Linux. I believe I once heard Aadil mention a Character Set for Linux. But, I don’t know any details on that.
Funny you should mention a cheap silent US English keyboard.
About 2 weeks ago, one of my sisters had given me her old computer. I used it to replace my infamous BSOD Factory that I was using as a computer. Even though I first cleaned the keyboard on my newly-acquired computer, I decided, “Ehhh, what the heck. I’ll just buy a new keyboard and mouse.” So, I bought a cheap silent Logitech K120 keyboard at Walmart.
However, I quickly realized that that new silent keyboard was just not working out for me. I just couldn’t get the feel for it. With me being old school and having learned to type on mechanical typewriters, I’ve just never been able to totally get into computer keyboards. And this new silent keyboard was even worse. I seem to NEED that key clacking of which you spoke.
Not only that, but the key surfaces also seemed to be too slippery. And the Left Shift key had a different shape to it … possibly a slightly different positioning and / or size to it. Cuz I just kept having difficulty using that Left Shift key. I kept missing it. All told, I just kept screwing up. I was making a lot of mistakes and not just with the Left Shift key. So, I finally removed that new silent keyboard and went back to the old non-silent / clacking Dell keyboard that came with the computer.
Suntana, perhaps one of these steampunk keyboards might be suitable: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/peripherals/10-really-cool-steampunk-keyboard-mods-587165#null
I love the look, but I am not sure of the practicality. Reminds me of the movie “Brazil”…
Just use your favourite search engine and type in: steampunk +keyboards to get even more ideas.
Here is where I got my IBM “buckling spring” reproduction keyboard years ago:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/
It’s heavy, big, LOUD, a little ugly, and a little expensive. I ordered a Spanish one and still have it.
This was for years ago when I liked to stay up all night chatting like an addict on IRC. I was getting wrist pain, and this keyboard made it go away. Now I seldom chat, so any keyboard will do.
You mentioned a typewriter. I still have an old IBM Selectric in my garage. It has “the ball” that prints the letters. It’s very heavy and gets hot when it has been running for awhile. It was one classy machine, but I’m glad them dayz is over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric
Very interesting keyboards, Greybeard. But, Wooooooo! I can just imagine the prices. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/–9ySJk6JJp4/UnwD_qo6riI/AAAAAAAAALQ/8d7UDDjwSSw/s1600/Insane.gif[/img] They’re no doubt in that category of — If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.
I see most of them have something in common, which confirms what I found out yesterday in my examination of that cheap Logitech keyboard versus the Dell keyboard that my computer came with.
I discovered that the problem that was dogging me was that that Logitech keyboard has that stupid flat as a pancake LOOK and feel that Laptop keyboards have. I despise Laptop keyboards … actually anything Laptop. Those Laptop FingerPads make me see red. [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xrRjwTWnQrc/Unu_-KuULHI/AAAAAAAAAFI/6xz2HsKp964/s1600/Unhinged.gif[/img]
Anyway, most of those Steampunk keyboards as well as my other 3 keyboards do NOT have a flat as a pancake Laptop-like key layout. They have a more ergonomically varying elevation & tilting layout of the keys between the different rows. For example, on my other keyboards, the home row is noticeably lower than the other rows … unlike on the stupid Logitech keyboard. This varying positioning of the keys is what would give it the old school REAL keyboard feel … well, that and the clacking. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tTXhJObHX64/UnwC8_hWNKI/AAAAAAAAAKw/sfNnP8SrRsY/s1600/Headbang.gif[/img]
To the best of my recollection, Dave, an IBM Selectric is the last type of typewriter on which I got to type. Sometime back in the 90s one of my sisters had brought one over and I tried it out briefly. Wooooooo! Excellent feel. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6x9i3mfA7Y/UnwQXuetp0I/AAAAAAAAAPs/97n1LXEt8NA/s1600/ThumbsUp.gif[/img] Definitely brought back memories of my REAL typing heyday.
It was fun to watch “the ball.” 😉