deskthority

I don't want to sidetrack people from zorglups's question but I'm also (like the original comment) tempted and nervous regarding the CST trackball... Most people seem to agree that it's a good piece of kit but a few reviews from new purchasers are making me delay my purchase: specifically, new users...

Hi all, I've got a Kinesis Advantage with UK-layout keycaps. I'd like to be typing Dvorak on it and I'll get irritated by the printed layout not matching - I'm looking to fix this by sourcing a set of Dvorak keycaps from Kinesis. I'm living in the UK, so ordering direct from Kinesis is likely to be ...

If / when you're reassembling the board, be extra careful that none of the hammers / feet get knocked out of position as you put the plate back on. It's easy to break their pivots if they get out of place - and then they're a real pain to fix.

I seem to recall the Maltron guy who was posting on GH may have suggested that the shape of the Maltron is hard to achieve without vacuum forming; it is fairly different to the Kinesis in the shape and orientation of the bowls. I think that vacuum forming in turn would limit the case construction so...

Regardless of how weighty (or otherwise) the Maltron is, I understand it's quite reliable long term. My second hand one is about ten years old, though I don't know how many of those it was in a cupboard for. There was a broken solder connection, which was easily home-repaired (the point-to-point mat...

I think I contributed to the rumours in GH by creating a thread where I asked about them - nobody seemed to have terribly specific knowledge at the time, so it's quite interesting to get a response about the particular circumstances. It's sad to see business dealings go that way in terms of collabor...

Ah - I had always thought that I'd use a variant of the Model M replacement controller that one of the guys on Geekhack had designed. But thinking about it maybe a Teensy would do better for my Model M as well as the Maltron. It would indeed be nice to have the Maltron fully configurable; I'd actual...

My Maltron is, I think, a little older and looks much the same. I enjoy it to type on, despite mine having some age-related switch problems that I've not quite got around to fixing. It seems a bit flimsy at first but the shape is really rather nice to type on and I find it quite acceptable for progr...