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That's probably the same inconsistency problem as with MX Blue/Green before retooling. (In 2013 or so, Geekhack was full of complaints about it.)

Vintage whites shouldn't be affected, and retooled whites are supposedly great too.

https://preview.ibb.co/gBScLa/gainsborough_layout.png Does a layout like this exist? It should! =) Seconding this layout, if anything, for one of the same main reasons there are TKLs: alphabetical cluster would remain centered with monitor, and right mouse (or even a left mouse) would remain at an ...

I recently thought about the Space Cadet layout. https://deskthority.net/w/images/e/e2/Space-cadet_guts.jpg There are two interesting things about it: large function keys on the perimeter: those 2u keys (‘terminal’, ‘quote’, ‘over strike’,…) are much more practical than regular 1u function keys, but...

While that is a good design, you are limited to 2 or 3 clicky switches whereas og cherry can be used on hundreds to thousands of boards of any mx mount you want. I wish more designs utilized a curved plate like that In other words, you have a large selection of differently linear switches with MX… ...

Hilarious lyrics. (Master's Hammer: Maso z kosmu)
I found it thanks to this:
That's quite a different arrangement of the traditional Ach synku, synku, the favorite song of the very first Czechoslovak president TGM,

abrahamstechnology wrote: ↑ Worse than a rubber dome?

muh Topre

'96 terminal IBM Model M w/ Soarer

2000 CZK ~ 80 EUR

scottc wrote: ↑So cool. Interesting to see the differences side-by-side. This set is such a weird mixture of English vs. Czech primary legends with the others as secondary.

What's weird there? It's US on the left, CZ on the right. Only Y/Z might be swapped.

They sound and feel more or less the same as most clicky simplified Alps clones. More tactile than late Alps SKCM Black, but that's probably the only good thing I can tell about them. If anyone wants, I have a pack of those switch internals that I intended to use for modding black Alps in Dell AT101...

I strongly disagree. Here's why: both are indicators of systemic issues, one in manufacturing and the other in the community / vendor-customer relationship. IIRC the history behind Box switches' stems was such that the first customer requested tighter fit or something like that, and Kailh kept it fo...

#DTA2018 for this post: First and foremost the wiki relies on data. That includes (and is not limited to) pictures of keyboards (full of date and model numbers), pictures of switches, datasheets, catalogues, brochures, etc. These can come from your own collection, from manufacturers and suppliers i...

1. Hyper 7 build by jae-3soteric (hopefully it's the right category here) It's *HUGE* . Does it need more than a picture? https://i.imgur.com/1nRp5UO.jpg 2. Bucis' gaming keypad. Because it's a very nicely polished, innovative project that's more of a glove-like input device rather than yet another ...

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scottc wrote: ↑Nomination for ping award: matt3o killing off the ping award.

Wouldn't that be metaping?

Anyway, the ping award, if run, will surely go to the BOX switches fiasco. Let's acclaim THAT as the winner right away and move along.

FYI Geekhack was sold to Massdrop.

Where's the *PING* award?

That's basically my Noppoo Choc Mini without the right Control key and with spacing between F-key groups, neither of which I would consider to be an improvement, but hey, it's still the atrocious staggered layout to begin with anyway.

Tipro, three of them.

Can I get an estimate on a Cherry G81-3000SAC (= swiss dyesubs)? Mainly the keycaps, at least relative to SAD, SAU and/or something like SAT. (For the record, the sublegends are black, not blue/red.)

BURROUGHS KEYPAD, ET5200
Made in U.S.A.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BURROUGHS-KEYPAD/382622694683

There's someone asking on Reddit:

The keyboard is from a large and old textile factory. There are no markings on the outside whatsoever. The underside is beige textured metal, the top is glossy plastic. Layout is localized (Croatian).

Right, those could work in the short term. I've been really close to buying either (or something else from the same product line), but always decided against it because of hardware/software support. I know it might sound ironic in a thread about a long-abandoned device… the Eee Note lets me hack aro...

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Faster processors and better touchscreens would have inevitably come to PocketPCs. PocketPCs and Windows Mobile failed not because the devices had bad hardware; the hardware was often better than what iPhone offered at the time. They failed because the software was a stinky pile of useless crap, an...

One more photo (credit goes to Martin Kusyn / Root.cz).

Reporting from OpenAlt. I'll be there tomorrow again.

If there are any Czech members in Brno or else, I'll have a talk and show some keyboards this weekend (3rd-4th November) at the OpenAlt conference . The talk is scheduled for Sunday noon (12.00-13.30) and should cover typewriter history and keyboard layouts. I plan to bring some switches, a bunch of...

I've got a couple of 5169s (101key ANSI layout), within EU.

price check on a lot of stuff Focus FK-8000 (only clicky Alps-mount switches, no Futaba, doubleshots) Ortek MCK-101SX (white clicky Alps-mount switches, doubleshots) Ortek MCK-101SX (green-ish clicky Alps-mount switches, doubleshots) Silitek SK-0002 (Alps SKCM White, doubleshots) Silitek SK-0002 (Al...

Sounds plausible. Comrades did cooperate their efforts at times. For example, the article on ES EVM reads Some models had been also produced in other countries of the Eastern bloc: Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and East Germany; some peripheral devices were also produced in Cuba...