deskthority

Muirium wrote: ↑

15 Apr 2021, 11:59

That font—saying M1 Catcher—looks like Chicago, and therefore the classic Mac OS era Apple to me.

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Hah. Thought the same thing. Classic MacOS era... briefly revived for the classic iPod era...

I don't have nearly the number of boards that some people have, nor are mine particularly exotic, but I've always come back to my Model M boards. I got my first full size 1988 Model M 16 years ago, and picked up a mint 1993 SSK about a year ago - the big Model M was basically my daily driver until I...

It's just weird that they went with a Chinese company. It's not like even being twice as expensive would have hurt sales on this thing. Why even raise the question? I know GOOD Chinese manufacturing is good (see: Eastman Guitars) but bad Chinese manufacturing is baaaaaaaaaad to the point that it dr...

I think the FUD over "questionable Chinese machining" in the repro F's may be misplaced. AFAIK a big part of the long lead time is Ellipse being super anal about tolerances before accepting parts.

I have an F77 on order but would definitely recommend going Unicomp if you have not tried either and care about typing feel and price and not looks or build quality. No, they won't feel exactly the same, but there's a reason the Model M is still regarded as the 'classic' outside of very niche keyboa...

I feel like there must be interest in doubleshot spherical buckling spring keycaps. It's a completely untapped market, even if it's niche. I think maybe the problem here is confusion about what is being offered and questions about quality, as well as not many people seeing it. Then again, I'm not a ...

> The acrylic terrarium itself

LOL. I worked in deskside IT during that era of Mac keyboards. I still shiver thinking about it. Pretty sure I knew what color body hair every single one of my users had, after seeing their keyboards after 1+ months of use.

Just to set expectations, this forum tends to focus on vintage keyboards (or at least vintage technology keyboards) and tends not to be into any keyboard that might be mistaken for a Christmas tree. Not that there's anything wrong with Christmas trees

Maybe ask in the buy and sell section.

BTW, does anyone have a photo of the USB port on the back of the F77? Oops, I guess the cable is non-detachable, at least externally.

I remember asking about that a while ago, although I remember coming away with the impression that it wasn't practical.

After many months of eBay stalking, I finally nabbed an SSK for a decent price. Can't wait for it to get here and join the club! s-l1600.jpg Nice! The date looked familiar, so I flipped mine over... my SSK was built on the same day! March 3, 1993. But our ID numbers are 1188 apart - they sure made ...

Maybe this is a crazy idea, but what if a bunch of members pooled their money, and it became a member owned site? Would probably require a bit of bureaucracy to work out, maybe electing a representative of the 'owners' or something. Could see that ending in chaos and disaster, but also could see it ...

I'm not surprised there's a lot of overlap between fountain pen enthusiasts and buckling spring keyboard enthusiasts. Both input devices, of a style considered outdated and mostly abandoned in favor of cheaper, lighter, more convenient alternatives, but never actually surpassed in terms of feel for ...

Got the shipping notice last week, so I'm a little hesitant about receiving the F77. Might even leave it inside it's box, to keep it 100% authentic with no other contact than from Ellipse when he set it up for me. It's one of those purchases that goes down as a future investment when this whole man...

I'm pretty sure it was a real one, as I remember the 'digital' logo.

Interesting - thanks for the info! I guess I won't seek one out

Back when I was a kid, our local library had VT100 terminals for looking up books and other information. This was late 80's until at least the mid 90's. At the time I didn't think much about them, as they already seemed kind of antiquated, but I do distinctly remember the very satisfying, solid feel...

Does anyone have a nice cable they're using with the Model F? Was looking at some custom coiled cables and am tempted to get one, but wondered if anyone had one already.

I have no idea how the dye sub process and equipment works, but it's interesting that alignment is such a difficult nut to crack.

There's nothing wrong with that but what are _you_ looking for in a keyboard? What will you be using it for? Do you want something great for typing, or gaming, or something in between? Do you like heavy keys, or light ones? Do you want a quiet keyboard, or something that makes a satisfying click? Do...

By 'legend alignment' are we talking about the fact that the new keys have the legend jammed up at the top edge of the key?

I thought thumb balls were super weird until I tried one and immediately fell in love. YMMV. I never could get used to 'finger' trackballs.

Related question - does anyone here who has received their keyboard use a keyboard tray? Wondering how the nearly 9lbs weight affects the tray...

Anyone here have thoughts or recommendations for ergonomic chair/desk/keyboard setups? Since starting to work from home full time in the spring, i've been using an uncomforable setup where my desk is too high, compounded by the fact that my main keyboard is a Model M, so it has some height to it as ...

It's such an absurd thing to be foaming at the mouth about. If Ellipse wants to list one item on his site for some silly price, an item that can be purchased from many other places, why can't he do that? Maybe he doesn't really want to sell it. I don't get people who seem to think that anyone offeri...

I've never bolt/screw modded either of my M's, one is a 1989 unit I've used almost daily since 2005, the other is an almost NOS 1993 SSK. Both have a handful of rivets missing but I can't detect any problems in actual functionality or feel. Also, after reading about various issues with keyboards not...

That video bugs me because it's a very specific test on a very specific type of plastic (nylon). Results may vary wildly with other types of plastic, including the ABS often used in keyboard cases.

jacks wrote: ↑

06 Jun 2020, 04:11

1. Pretty much every other board is using switches that have been around a long time and are already well tested (debugged). ...

2. Nearly all other switches are contact based, and its comparatively easy to interpret the electrical signals from them...

Gotcha, thanks, that makes perfect sense!

Not being snarky, just honestly curious - why is it that this keyboard seems to need per-computer parameter tweaking to get keys registering and properly debouncing, when... well, pretty much no other keyboard I've heard of requires this? What is it that makes it so finicky?