[vcf-midatlantic] OT: Modern keyboard question

jakari jakari at bithose.com
Tue Nov 27 00:34:50 EST 2018


On 2018-11-26 22:59, David Riley via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> Interesting feedback. It’s been many years since I looked up the price
> of iMates... when I got mine, they were out of production but still
> only $20 on eBay. Sorry to see they’re so expensive now.

Yeah, I was shocked to see that as well.  At $oldjob^4 we threw out 
probably a dozen of them. :(

> 
> 
> On Nov 26, 2018, at 13:44, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
>> "ADB to USB Connector Adapter" on that auction site, shows  Griffin 
>> imate,  AlphaSmart as apparently old brands, resale price $70-$100+; 
>> and maybe "Wombat" as some hobby class product at $59-$79.

Inspired by this thread, I just ordered one of the Wombats.  Made by the 
same guy who does the Floppy Emu.  I'm ok with gambling $49+S&H on 
something that'll probably work just fine.  I do want to "daily drive" 
some of my old Apple keyboards like the AEK II and see what I really 
think of them.  Assuming it'll fit on my keyboard tray side by side with 
the modern Magic Trackpad.

-- 
Jameel Akari


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