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From: John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: $400 keyboard
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:20:29 -0700
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:04:40 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

>On 3/25/2024 12:59 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>> 
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F51G16
>
>Bizarre, when I clicked on it said I had bought it at one time, I did 
>several years back for the lab PC. Definitely didn't pay that for it, it 
>was maybe $40.
>
>Garbage keyboard, it started mis-firing within about 8 months and the 
>key-caps are very difficult to remove without breaking them. All of my 
>$4.99 surplus HP keyboards from the Goodwill have lasted way longer.

I'm typing on one now. It's OK. I definitely didn't pay $400 for it. I
need two new keyboards, but not Logitech.

I think some people (Amazon, ebay, Digikey) have some insanely priced
stuff, assuming that someone will buy them for some reason.

I do like to remove keycaps and add some glue or something to disable
them. Caps lock, insert.