deskthority

Somehow it's nice to see we all define ergonomics differently :D The left shift is harder to reach on ISO keyboards... such a heavily used key, on a corner, needs to be long. But as a matter of fact, the heaviest use of the left Shift is certainly made by German typists, as in German all nouns begin...

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ripster wrote:Scotland isn't a real country.

235 years ago, the USA weren't a real country either. (...)

But at least, Scotland had been before, until 1707.

Horrific Italians!

Other arguments against ANSI: the missing key the position of which is occupied by the long left Shift key Do you mean the pipe and forward slash key? I much prefer where it is on ANSI layout, above the enter key. I think the only key I miss from the ISO position is the hash # symbol. As I use it a...

That's your unwillingness to adapt that is the problem. Not a problem with ANSI. Well, I don't know why one should adapt to machines instead of having machines to adapt to one's wishes. I learned typing long, long ago on a mechanical typewriter. Then I adapted to an electric typewriter where carria...

Don't just look at the picture, folks: Europe 49%, N-America 38%.

There is no such thing as double-shot LED window keys from Cherry. The Cherry ones are pad printed with a coating. Same contrast as their double shots, though. Oh I see. Well, I could always drill a hole in a DS one and fill it with something. :D I would say there's no need for that. After several ...

Phone no.: 00-49-30-30831166 I dropped by (Weimarer Str. in Berlin-Charlottenburg) a few weeks ago. Small shop, was closed at the time. They've got another shop (Eberstr. in Berlin-Schöneberg), was there too, was closed as well. Phone no. there: 00-49-30-78958699 Website of that second shop: http://...

That IS a nice keyboard! Look at those Italian lettered windowed keys...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/200664084730

Viiiiiel Zeugs dabei, darunter besagte Tastatur.
Aber: Verkäufer gibt nur an Selbstabholer ab, und nur komplett

Keyboard house:

Looking for something like that?

Nice suggestions ;-) I wanted to take a pic to show an undisclosed detail: the front side of the key is lettered as well. And then I discovered the key even has a side (right to left) slope: http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2673/enter2h.jpg Now I wouldn't be surprised if it started speaking :lol:

(...) you should start making continental try bags since (...) That's pretty disgusting. Here's a guy who puts his knowledge, his own stuff and his initiative to the service of a lot of people all over the world at no cost, and you still find that's not enough? What did you contribute so far? (...)...

AEG_Olympia_3.jpg Nice keycap slope. The keycap tops are cylindrical with a smooth rounded front edge. The keycaps on the side rows all have the same profile as the typewriter's Tab row (quite identical to the CapsLock row on a Cherry keyboard). AEG_Olympia_1.jpg Layout of the typewriter keyboard. ...

sixty wrote:I(...) since the store only seems to offer 1x1 and 1x3 keys.

As far as I can judge, these are not 1x3 keys, but double keys with 3 cruciform fittings spaced exactly like the "0" NumPad key of a Cherry keyboard (one centered, the other ones to fit the stabilisators).

You know what they say. Big thumb = big penis. [irony mode on] Now obviously that's a piece of really topical information with genuine added value for anybody interested in the theme discussed in this thread. [Irony mode off] ripster is on my ignore list, but unfortunately I sometimes read deskthor...

http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/242708907.htm

Das ist ja nett - also gebongt!
(Nicht etwa, dass ich zu wenige Cherry-Tastaturen hätte )

Das ist, wie (fast :lol: ) gesagt, eine G 80-1000 HAD, also auf jeden Fall double-shots, MX-Schalter (höchstwahrscheinlich blacks) und deutsches Layout. Die zwei Punkte auf den "Grundpositions"-Tasten F und J sind wohl Aufklebepunkte, der Besitzer wird die bei gelaserten Tasten üblichen strichförmig...

Wouldn't it be better, instead of stabilizers, to use three switches under each 1x3 spacebar, removing the springs from the left and the right one? They will then act exactly as stabilizers do. This would allow to reconfigurate the keyboard anytime by inserting springs again. So instead of 3+3 you c...

Why didn't I notice that before? A 1x3 spacebar fitting exactly 3 regular Cherry switches does exist: http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4613/accessspacebar1.jpg http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4332/accessspacebar2.jpg Here is where I got the keyboard from: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300570457658

A well-hidden G81-1800 HAU (=MY switches, double-shot keycaps, ANSI layout) on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200512773747

BIN for 49,95 US$: first come, first serve

Nice design... And so handy:

That's true, but it doesn't 'balance' the key cap like a proper stabilizer would. As long as you're mostly hitting the end with the sprung switch I guess it would be acceptable though. More than that. On my Tipro I even have only one stem for the (double width) backspace keycap, because I did not w...

The shiny spot on my spacebar is below 'N' - so that counts out the three double width bars for me at least! I think it would start to feel cramped anyway. Also, the PCB layout wouldn't work for double width keys with stabilizers. It would work if each bar had two actual switches (POS style), but t...

That IS a nice keyboard!
Forget the part of the label which says "G81" and leave the keyboard unchanged just as a reward for "SPI"
Sublimation dyed keycaps, Italian layout, wow!

Tja, da findet man ein Schnäppchen - und die Anfrage nach dem Versand beantwortet der Verkäufer mit "zu viel Aufwand"... Dabei sah das richtig vielversprechend aus, nur 5€ für eine Logitech-Maus und... eine Tastatur Cherry 680-1000 HAD. Ja richtig, 6 80-1000 HAD :mrgreen: Hier der Link: http://klein...

(...) Cherry G80-2100 mit USB (...) mit USB? Als die Produktion eingestellt wurde, gab's noch nicht mal PS/2. (...) für zehn Euro (...) Meinst du den Filialbetrieb mit einem Laden in der Nähe des Kant-Kinos und einem anderen nahe S-Bahnhof Schöneberg? Viel Spaß vor Ort :D Wenn du einen anderen mein...

Same seller, same keyboard but USB instead of PS/2, price 5€:
http://cumb.de/product_info.php?info=p1 ... dfefd5b568