Aside from the Pingmaster, most Chinese (and Korean) legend versions are far more difficult to find than their Japanese counterparts given the main market for IBM Japan being... Japan. The other models I've seen with Chinese legends also have pretty blue legends or sublegends too. Sad that the Pingmaster's are just black.
It makes you feel sorry for all the peeps who are oblivious to nice KB legends, doesn't it? Can you imagine going through life—quite likely, even
using a succession of various keyboards—and not realizing how cool they can be?
It reminds me of an East Indian story, about a guy who spent his entire life sitting on a little plot of land and begging for food from passers-by. When he died, the townsfolk decided to bury him in his special spot. But when they dug down only a couple of feet, they found an enormous buried treasure. The beggar had lived his entire life so close to immense wealth, and hadn't had a clue about it. (Of course, the land, and thus the treasure, probably belonged to someone else, but that's beside the point.)
So, all these people using keyboards and not even noticing them, and certainly not having a clue about fine mechanical ones, repro button sets, or any of this jazz we're so into... Also, I've had a beer. I should probably mention that.
I just got mine! It like was opening a time capsule...
LOL, yeah, isn't it cool? The styro packing... The little instruction booklet in its special recess... (I think it says something like "Connect the keyboard, then turn on your computer"—in Chinese, of course.)
Damn. Even though I have one of the Japanese variants, your enthusiasm is nudging me dangerously close to ordering one of the Chinese ones too. I mean, once they're gone, they're gone, right? Sigh. Oh well, I didn't want to be married anyway. :?|
