I have an IBM Selectric that I bought from a Goodwill for $13. It's in near perfect condition.
I can't use it because people can hear it clear across the house. It makes the cats hide. It definitely makes your writer's block very apparent to everyone in earshot; that's embarrassing and leads to filling that silence with "All work and no play..."
That said, it types like a dream. Very few keyboards I've ever used come close (the original PC keyboard is probably the closest in feel). The problem with all of these is that your typing makes the people around you want to murder you.
I have high hopes for the KeyboardIO split keyboard. We'll see :-)
I work one day a week at a place where I am the only one who has a mechanical keyboard. It's not even a loud one ('cherry brown' switches). But I sit down and start working, and I'll occasionally hear someone say "Oh, is it Thursday already?", my presence announced by my keyboard-bashing...
I can't use it because people can hear it clear across the house. It makes the cats hide. It definitely makes your writer's block very apparent to everyone in earshot; that's embarrassing and leads to filling that silence with "All work and no play..."
That said, it types like a dream. Very few keyboards I've ever used come close (the original PC keyboard is probably the closest in feel). The problem with all of these is that your typing makes the people around you want to murder you.
I have high hopes for the KeyboardIO split keyboard. We'll see :-)