deskthority

How would that work?

The entire keyboard is narrower; there are no Tab or Caps lock, so of course the Shift is shorter too. (The right side is analogous.)

1980s Maltron with high-profile keycaps. (archive.ph / wayback machine)

Keyboardio Model 01 (Matias switches) in Germany, one corner key missing; very cheap (70-100 EUR).

Chicony KB-5581 w/ trackball (& probably Cherry MX Blue) and a couple of other keyboards that I don't recognize for 300 CZK in Prague

IBM Model M (1391412) in Bratislava, Slovakia gone about an hour later

Would you happen to know whether they're Zealio v1, or v2 already?

I'd be interested in v1 if still available.

Funnily, Poker was originally advertised as 40%.

sixty wrote: ↑

11 Feb 2011, 23:25

Previously known as the KBC 40%; it measures, as the name suggested, roughly 40% less the size of a full-sized keyboard. There is no numpad, there are no cursor keys, even the F key row has been removed!

I know European keyboards with an AltGr key can do this. But my understanding is that those of us on ANSI keyboards need to type Alt + some four digital number on the numpad. That's merely a function of the keyboard layout in the operating system . I haven't personally touched a macintrash in years...

Low-profile switches still have 3mm travel overall. Have you tried Kailh Choc or anything like that yet? The clicky variant has a fairly good reputation. Some people find them stiffer than the normal-profile counterparts though, despite very similar specifications on paper.

thefarside wrote: ↑

18 Oct 2023, 17:29

I found another interesting one. An alps-compatible ergo board from kickstarter:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134771198518
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It's not just any ergo board from Kickstarter, it's Keyboardio M01 by Jesse Vincent. Some of the prototypes were posted here along with some more at geekhack.

For context: ErgoLogic @ TIFAQ and Old keyboard replacement rubber domes

Short answer: Leopold or something like that Long answer… I often don't understand what "build quality" means to people. Especially considering the esteemed Model M… with its stupid fucking rivets. Okay, I know the meme. It's large and heavy and you could use it to smash some heads in a zombie apoca...

springs that help prevent you from bottoming out... Ok. But that would require stronger springs and higher actuation force, right? Not quite. There's the spring length too; or it can be nonlinear. See, my vintage MX Black switches have springs swapped for old sprit's 78g springs inspired by Cherry ...

I wish I could tell, but the fact of the matter is that my quietest keyboard has been ErgoDox with vintage MX Black switches that I didn't bother dampening in the end. Most of the noise comes from my fingertips hitting keycaps. Actually, that kind of answers the question: you can dampen the upstroke...

CoolerMaster should only stay within their limits here. Keep making the HAF styled cases because I love them to bits but stay away, from anything related to KEYBOARDS. Even their mice are somewhat suspect here, eventually fail or break down but their keyboard obsession should be dropped immediately...

Main keyboard: Cherry MX
Favorite switch: QMK

Obvious spam account is obvious.

Scoops are the best though.

Cherry's thin keycaps (meh) have bars and so do (some?) GMK's and Chinese clones. I'm quite sure there's a wealth of information on this somewhere; I'd start with this old, somewhat dumb GH thread.

Microsoft Trackball Optical sold

And while at it, you can get a proper text editor.

I can get a like-new G81 -1800 of exactly the same layout cheap (money is an issue), and so I am wondering if I could just take out the PCB from that, drop in my old one, use the new case, keycaps and USB cable and have myself a new board with my old switches inside. I don't think so. I once tried ...

daemonspudguy wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2023, 01:35

And I'm in the terminal enough times that not having arrow keys is not an option.

What terminal are you using? cmd.exe? whatever shipped with AIX? Probably not.

So I invite you to learn GNU Readline bindings or whatever modern shells offer.

Thanks, but nevermind. I briefly contemplated a few of the items that weren't marked as [gone] or [reserved], in case they were heading for the trash bin. If they're reserved though, it's fine. As I said, I do have a broken Ducky myself—I just didn't realize I could reuse it—and I believe S-Video ca...

No worries, I actually have some broken Ducky Mini myself, so I can reuse that.

So is it gone now?

I didn't realize Ducky Mini case was standard 60%.

Ducky Secret was PBT. Apparently some version is still available.

There are plenty of use cases, although many of them are niche. What scancodes are actually available? Let's say I stick with a Tipro; I have a couple but not the "programming" setup currently, so I can't check for myself. Does it support scancodes for, say, Japanese input or the entire range of "mu...

It's worth pointing out that "programmability" means a couple of very different things. programming the process of writing and testing programs for computers the planning of which television or radio programmes to broadcast Sooo… Tipro keyboards are entirely programmable. Only in one interpretation ...

I'm not thrilled about storing 600-page tomes, but it would a great book to have available in the library. I wonder if something can be arranged. At worst, I'll just buy one the normal way and donate it.

The pair of thumb keys in the front is a feature of the thumb-shift keyboard design created at Fujitsu. It's distinct from current mainstream Japanese input methods. Basically, the split "spacebar" is actually a pair of "shift" keys so that Japanese scripts can be more efficiently fitted in the "alp...

That would be asking too much. I'm frustrated by the lack of mainstream split-spacebar options though. The closest are models for the Japanese market and I guess the cheap GK6x series with opto-mechanical gaterons. On a related note, I bought one of those "gaming keypads" on sale last year, somethin...

I recently made a post about Apex Pro.

Uh, I get it, this is Deskthority, but… There are modern keyboards with those grey/beige color schemes. For instance, Leopold FC900R PD in "Two Tone White"; I believe it's still backward-compatible with PS/2. Even if that's too good (hence a tad bit expensive), there are new cheap keycap sets like T...