From: eliddell@no.patience.for.spam   
      
   On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:55:00 +0200, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
      
   >  wrote:   
   >> A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >   
   > [keyboard]   
      
   >> If you're willing to clean the keys, you can pick a used one up from a   
   >> junk shop for under $5.  It's likely to be PS2 rather than USB, though.   
   >>  That's where my current keyboard came from, for $3.99Cdn.   
   >   
   > Huh, PS2, need to remember that when I get one. I need that to connect   
   > to the switch that lets me use this monitor and keyboard with both old   
   > and new computer.   
      
   I spelled it a bit sloppily there--it's supposed to be PS/2.  That's the   
   little round connector.  If you have a KVM switch from more than a couple   
   of years ago (which sounds like what you're describing), that's probably   
   the port type it has.   
      
   >> (You can still get keyboards without Windows keys, too, but it isn't   
   >> cheap--the only company I've found that still makes them is a small one   
   >> in the States. ~$70 + shipping.)   
   >   
   > That's interesting. Wouldn't know how to find them, and if they have   
   > what I now know I want, though. :)   
      
   The company's called Unicomp, and they're best known for having   
   bought up the equipment to manufacture the old IBM Model M   
   keyboards.  http://pckeyboard.com/ (prices have gone up a bit, or   
   maybe I just misremembered).  They will do fully custom   
   keyboards, but I doubt they're cheap (they don't give an exact   
   price for that).   
      
   (I'm not affiliated with them in any way, not even as a customer.   
   Just my packrat memory at work.)   
      
   E. Liddell   
      
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