On the B list - having the function keys on the side and the CTRL key on the home row Would Be Nice. Price is not a consideration I need my feels back. The tips hurt after using them for very long. Still impressive to my coworkers but it ruins my 'code groove' because my fingers are unhappy. On these shitty membrane keyboards it's like 90, maybe 100. I game too (of course) I typed at around 140 WPM with my Omnikey. I just don't want to spend a hundred bucks on key testers if a greybeard can point me the right direction. Northgate OmniKey ULTRA review (Alps SKCM White) Chyrosran22 125K subscribers Subscribe 370 Share 20K views 6 years ago Skip to 10:33 for a typing demonstration. I'm sure I can figure the rest out on my own. If you've found something else that has better feels, let me know. I'm floating this post to ask people who may have used an OmniKey in the past to weigh in on what the closest match for key type/manufacturer would be today. None of them have the same feel, though the 'cherry green' came the closest. The arrow keys are in a '+' configuration, with an 'omni' key at the intersection of the arrows. I picked up a key tester on its advice and gave it a shot. The one I have is an old Northgate Omnikey/Ultra with an AT style connector. I've decided it's time to ditch the converter and hunting around on auction sites. As well, hooking them up to a modern computer has become problematic: Go figure, PS/2 ports haven't been around for awhile. I wasn't even a teenager yet I'm a lot older now, but I've always used those keyboards because anything else I've typed on is objectively crap.Īfter the last one died about four months ago, I looked online and they've become collector items. Her last week there, she took a detour through the burn-in stations and grabbed a pile of keyboards and a stack of drives. 6.04 : 119: function dip sw: omnikey 102 ( gt6omnikey ult2 11/26/'91 104: function dip sw: omnikey ultra 2 gt6omnikey ult2 rev no.7. Any keyboard with alps white should be very close to the feel of your omnikey. So maybe we're a little closer to knowing how to make that work. The omnikeys only came with alps white or alps blue switches. In Northgate's manual (from April 1992) on page 19 it indicates that OMNI key was used in Word Perfect (for DOS). At the time, they were widely regarded as the best mechanical keyboards in production. The OMNI key on old Northgate Ultra keyboards had the same function as the 5 on the numeric keypad when numlock was OFF. Quick backstory - my mother worked for Northgate and worked there until they closed up due to epic mismanagement.
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