Howdy all,
I stumbled across a Northgate Omnikey Ultra (not UltraPlus) keyboard in
the local thrift store, and picked it up for 5$. (It had a nice feel,
kinda PS/2'ish, and no stupid windows, or various other internet/volume
controls/etc keys.)
I've had it for about a week now, and just can't get used to funky
arrangement of the arrow keys in the middle, and the F keys on the left
just throws my Unreal Tournament gaming off.
(See
http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com for some piccy's)
Anyways, I gather these things were something of a 'gotta have it'
keyboard at one time, and were bloody expensive.
Thought I'd offer it up here, for 5$ + shipping before it goes
downstairs in the basement to collect dust.
One thing to note, is its got one of the AT style connectors in back, so
you'll need an adapter if your going to plug it into a PS/2 style
connector. (No, you can't have the one I was using)
Visually, its pretty clean, there's a little green stuff on the bottom
where I attacked (mostly ineffectively) some sticky stuff w/ a scrubbing
sponge, but the top is (imho) nice and clean.
I think all the keys work, however, there might be a few F keys I didn't
hit the week I was using it.
I gather it might of came with some extra keycaps when it was new, so
you could move around control/shift. I do not have those.
Anyways, enough disclaimers,
Anyone want it? (I think this is at least on-topic)
David
Received on Fri May 02 2003 - 19:30:00 BST