It's my nature to fixate on something obscure like this and research it to death for several weeks. item 7 Vintage DCA IRMAkey 3270 Cherry MX Keyboard - White Switches. ![]() It’s been joked that Northgate went out of business because when people bought one of their keyboards they were so solidly built people never needed to buy another one! item 6 90s NORTHGATE OMNIKEY ULTRA KEYBOARD, White Alps Switch Keys ULTRA VINTAGE 90s NORTHGATE OMNIKEY ULTRA KEYBOARD, White Alps Switch Keys ULTRA VINTAGE. I believe they both use the buckling spring system which give the characteristic clickety-clack keyboard sound. The two series of keyboards most sought after seem to be the IBM Model M and the Northgate Omnikey. It seems with the commoditisation of personal computers, keyboards gradually became the victims of cost cutting measures which resulted in cheaper materials being used, membranes instead of dedicated mechanical components and generally crappier and flimsier designs. I cant find information on the correct combination though. Dont discard your old omnikey the switches are still usable. Check the wiki for resources on what boards came with alps whites. Any keyboard with alps white should be very close to the feel of your omnikey. Looking into this further I’ve found out there’s an entire cottage industry online for the maintenance and reselling of second hand, early generation keyboards people literally swear by their timeless designs. Northgate Omnikey 101 dip switch settings geoffm3 G geoffm3 Veteran Member Joined Messages 1,262 Location Huntsville, AL 1 If my hunch is correct, this keyboard supports both IBM and Amiga by setting the appropriate dip switches, 1-3. The omnikeys only came with alps white or alps blue switches. Despite having numerous new machines over the years, he still uses his original Northgate Omnikey 102 he purchased in the 1980s because he claims it’s more solidly built and gives superior tactile and audible feedback compared to the cheap, disposable keyboards most of us now use. The one I have is an old Northgate Omnikey/Ultra with an AT style connector. ![]() For better or worse (I’ve heard plenty of convincing arguments from both sides) I’ve resigned myself to the fact most of my thoughts in life will be expressed by being funnelled from my brain, through my nervous system to the muscles in my fingers where they’ll twitch and spasm in predictable ways with the resulting actions being directed at some form of computer keyboard.Īfter listening to some more recent episodes of Security Now where Steve Gibson has talked at great length about his coding practices I’ve been really interested to learn specifically about the keyboard he uses.
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