Sun 3 keyboard vs. Sun 3/50 keyboard

[Winston Edmond]

In v8n45, Winston Edmond (wbe at bbn.com) writes:
|  Later, when I got my Sun 3/50, I, too, found I made a lot of typing
|  errors, and I still do two years later (though not as many).  Yet, I like
|  the keyboard.  Why?  Because most of the errors are caused by two things:

|  (1) the lack of a registration indicator on the keyboard (e.g., dimples on
|      'd' and 'k', sculptured 'f' and 'j', or some such) so that I can be
|      offset and not know it; and

In Volume 8, Issue 53, message 9, Rick Rodgers writes:
>I don't know about your 3/50, but our set of 12 or so dimple-tops DO have
>sculpted 'f' and 'j' keys; they have a slightly increased concavity.  I
>noted this immediately the very first time I used one, although to this
>day many of my colleagues deny that they can feel this; the shape is
>clearly visible.

Hmmm, looks like you're right.  Now that you remind me, I seem to recall
discovering this once upon a time, figuring the keyboard manufacturer must
have done *something*.  However, I found that even when I was trying to
feel the shape difference, the difference wasn't great enough to be
consistently detectable.

Okay, I'll modify my request to say that I'd prefer the sculpturing to be
more noticeable.  After all, the whole point of a sculpted key is to make
a difference in the feel, not a difference in appearance.

WBE