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Freedom of keyboard layout design... hmm... To give you an idea of how "unknown" this process was, when we started we understood the theory and application of how this all fitted together so badly we had general rules like this: * There are magic dots, we don't know what they do. * A track can only...

depletedvespene wrote: ↑And how exactly will you "press F1 to continue" when the network fails?

That's an implementation detail.

My build is the only one that has the true layout, with custom PCB, QMK Lisp port and the case / plate etc. Everyone just sees the large board and don't realise it actually functions like the LISP boards did, which is the major differentiation for me. I freaking LOVE this board, and as someone who ...

(Also - I just signed up for this year so if you like the idea of getting something completely unique in the world you have a one in six chance of being paired up with me)

__red__ wrote: ↑ In fact - look at this:

Needless to say I probably outed my secret-santa gift here so let's keep it between us girls in the members-only section eh?

H7 takes the biscuit here - it's so otherworldly. Any other year I would agree with you... But the amount of time / effort / development that DMA has selflessly put into Common Sense is insane. I mean, the guy has this working on a devkit that it sold directly from the manufacturer - he explicitly ...

stratokaster wrote: ↑

__red__ wrote: ↑That would be a nice way to drive input latency even higher.

That's an implementation detail.

Muirium wrote: ↑PS/2 is demonic to plug in. But USB is satanic! Never Ever EVER NEVER the right bloody way up!

Sure it is, you just need to make sure you try all three orientations.

My unpopular opinion?

Keyboards should be network attached. Yes, my keyboard should go to my GigE switch, not my computer.

I'm 100% with you on the backtab and the AltGR key. Sell me on ScrollLock. What do you use it for such that it demands a primary key? It's useful for anything that has a large working area of which the monitor only displays a small part of (a spreadsheet is the quintessential example). Yes, it has ...

I'm 100% with you on the backtab and the AltGR key.

Sell me on ScrollLock. What do you use it for such that it demands a primary key?

I have to stick my nose in here and explain why the Common Sense controller is such a big deal. In all the previous controllers PCB designers had to be very, VERY careful about how they did board layout because all the previous controllers only had one "threshold" for all the keys. This meant, that ...

I've been an IBM keyboard user my entire life. My secret santa sent me a "satan" keyboard with some kind of specially lubed (red I think?) MX switches. It actually is in my rotation and I'm using it now. Did you hear that? You got an F122 blowhard to use an MX 60% keyboard! It truly was a a Christma...

What happened to the PCB I gave you?

In the interests of full disclosure they've replied now and we're having some conversations. I'll update when I have more.

depletedvespene wrote: ↑Back in my Usenet days, we'd post at least 1000 articles per month,

YES!! I remember you from alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.keyboards!

To update:
1. they've not replied to my request for recommended IR emitters / receivers via email or social.
2. I just noticed that their US store is actually within a few miles of my house.

So they are of limited use. It's basically only for people that have v1 and want to get a different set of switches. ... or those of us who want to build a custom analog keyb/controller. I asked about example emitters / detectors, pcb landing patterns and never heard back. If there is sufficient in...

chuckdee wrote: ↑^ Thanks for doing that. I like the idea of the switches, but the layout just won't work for me.

The response I got basically said: "We've not sold them individually before, but we are selling them as a part of our kickstarter".

Designing the PCBs isn't hard. I could do it in an afternoon. Holy shit I would love to design PCBs man. I know some basic electronics but that's it. :| Sourcing the flippers and housings would be where our man Ellipse would come in. Same man, too bad I have no skills :lol: About a year ago I set u...

Chyros wrote: ↑

__red__ wrote: ↑hmm, curious.

Can you buy the switch modules and is there a datasheet?

Not sure tbh.

I just asked. I'll report here when I get a response.

hmm, curious.

Can you buy the switch modules and is there a datasheet?

Designing the PCBs isn't hard. I could do it in an afternoon.

What's hard is sourcing barrels and flippers.

apastuszak wrote: ↑Other than the layout, I get the impression that the Model F pretty much had everything better than the Model M.

Tread carefully my friend, once you've used a Model F you won't be able to use a Model M again so only cross that threshold if your wallet is capable of doing so (and acquiring spares).

Elrick wrote: ↑NO, as you get older you desperately need a key pad hence ALL the full sized keyboards are simply PERFECT.

Can confirm... that checkbook isn't going to balance itself

They may be unicomp - when I bought my APL keyset from unicomp they looked just like that.

Mr.Nobody wrote: ↑How could that be a problem,

The answer to that, is culture... In some cultures, they may say "how could you not?"

it looks unnatually, imagine a Chinese woman in Victorian clothes....

That doesn't seen even the slightest bit odd to me at all.

I typed on these for the first time a few weeks ago at the ATL Mech meetup and I was genuinely surprised as to how much I liked it.

How could that be a problem? I don't get it. I have no idea. The concept is "cultural appropriation" and its roots go back to the idea of someone wearing/doing something that they hadn't culturally earned. Starting from an example that I think most people would understand: Somebody goes out an buys...

I do use linux actually. Manjaro linux to be specific. I use NixOS. I love a Linux where the OS is read only and build and configuration is functionally declared as opposed to imperatively assembled. Changes made by hand are automatically reversed resulting in a system which is completely consisten...

He's good people. He has an "I don't know how many hundred post thread" in his twitter feed regarding keyboards and strange things he found while travelling in Japan. It starts with an ATM with a mechanical keyboard, meanders by Japanese toilets (which are lifechanging btw), and finishes with - well...