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Muirium was very kind with the spammer who wrote the previous post: he chose to just block them from editing their post (and thus later adding a spam link). Well, while agreeing with Muirium to not delete the post (I do share the appreciation expressed in it), I banned the poster altogether. If not ...

[Muirium deleted the spam post and banned the spammer even faster than I could react ]

browncow wrote: ↑

29 Jul 2023, 22:54

The middle mouse button has a tiny bump on it to help locate it without looking.
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I don't quite see the use of a bump there, would one not cover all 3 keys with 3 fingers anyway (and feel misplacement at once)?

Start learning now, switching to the ortholinear will be no issue and your fingers will adapt instantly.
Like vvp said, the important thing is that the layout is (nearly) the same on both keyboards.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145193589644 6 Avant Stellar (Northgate Omnikey's successor) programmable keyboards for sale. Not mine, sadly. Also bit pricey, at $249 each, but I haven't seen these on ebay in awhile. Interestingly, the seller's description contains a full description of how to program th...

out-of-topic post As in politics, greens are grossly over hyped. :P …while browns are sadly not universally recognized as the shit they are. …who wishes the Green parties of the world would get back to climate change and biodiversity instead of […] issues […] which have nothing to do with their miss...

[…] If I try to work it with a finger, then I'm way off from typing easily. If I use my thumbs, it's imprecise. Either way, the buttons may as well be in another postcode, and press-to-click the bar makes it jerk the cursor uncontrollably. […] I almost feel like I need some sort of instructional vi...

[…] And then Microsoft had the silly idea of replacing those two columns of function keys with a row of 12 of them I've always laid the blame—and the credit—on IBM for the 12 key function row. They introduced it on the Model M, as far as I know, especially in its segmented 3 × 4 key block, with alt...

Some folks are just mad for those columns. The only use I have for them on my OG IBMs is somewhere to put the missing modifier keys! In the old days, those columns were for the (then 10) function keys. You could use them with your left hand to type any combination of the three left modifiers while ...

1u Backspace is horrible. I still always struggle with that! […] the last thing you want is an action requiring fine motor control. :P That's exactly what I thought when a long time ago, being in one of those bizarre regions where people drink warm water with a few herbs in it (now that is horrible...

Presumably auto hot key has an equivalent of Karabiner’s active application if: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/json/complex-modifications-manipulator-definition/conditions/frontmost-application/ It does: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/WinActive.htm you could check if firefox is yo...

I have a lot of nostalgia for that same 2013-2016 period as well. Besides life just taking you in different directions with less time to put into hobbies, I think I got most of what I wanted to get out of keyboards. I like learning about and re-discovering old as dirt vintage stuff. Building and re...

Hi you lucky ones whose school stuff included programming and the core principles behind it, can any of you help me? I am sure the solution is simple but I just can't figure it out. I have a AHK script which does exactly what I want in all applications but adds an unwanted feature in one: when typin...

Language of love? Where "gift" is "Geschenk" while "Gift" is "poison"? (German nouns always begin with an upper case letter).

Schon sind sie reserviert, mal sehen, wo sie demnächst auftauchen

Die G80-18XX ist die klassische schmale Cherry-Tastatur, die aber alle Cursor und Zahlentasten hat. Sie ist mit schwarzen MX-Schaltern ausgestattet.. Auf kleinanzeigen.de (früher ebay-kleinanzeigen.de) werden 16 Stück angeboten, schwarz, mit weiß auf schwarz gelaserten Tasten und USB-Anschluss: http...

MathematicalJ wrote: ↑

28 May 2023, 20:16

[…] Are you in the US? If so, […]

Welcome to DT :D Tipro: disregard the PS/2 socket, it is for keyboard input/chaining. The 8-pin socket is for the connection with the computer and is in fact… a PS/2 socket in disguise. With that Tipro model, the computer OS must be 32-bit Windows and have a native PS/2 socket - so from your post yo...

[…] Question, what could account for the weight differences between the 3? […] […] If you are concerned about the weight difference, you can weigh the keyboards yourself to get an accurate measurement. You can then compare the weights to see if there is a pattern. If there is a pattern, you can try...

Account is obviously our lonely spammer. Just look at all the loving detail they put into their profile. :roll: Just a note for the spammer: new accounts are on my daily watch anyway - this time I failed to detect the hidden link because it was so well hidden, but (i) mmm found and reported it and ...

Wasn't easy, but here it is - 19x19mm, MX-mount […] buckling spring assembly […]. While I am not familiar with IBM (and even less with the kind of amazing work you're doing here), it seems to me that there would be a problem with MX keycaps because they have a specific profile for each row while IB...

mmm wrote: ↑

17 May 2023, 16:57

uimiky wrote: ↑

17 May 2023, 05:10

uimiky wrote: ↑

16 May 2023, 11:08

Frankly, I'm stalking you for you.

I wanna be a friend with ya. Can you?

No, I don't want to be friends who hides advertising-links in the quotes

Well seen, thanks

My eternal question once again:
what is supposed to make this a "group buy" instead of a plain promotion by a vendor?

Muirium wrote: ↑

01 May 2023, 12:36

Deep dishes are classier. Appreciate what you already have. I'd much rather have those than little plastic hardened snotters on my keyboards.

I absolutely concur.

guidemetothelight wrote: ↑

30 Apr 2023, 12:32

I dont know if there is a better thread for keyboards from tv/movies specificially , I looked for it but couldnt find it (anymore)
[…]

Here it is:
viewtopic.php?f=62&t=5279

If you're in Germany, can't you get your hands on one of those cheap Lauer Fischer G80 boards? I got a few and some were in fairly decent condition. Are those still available? I thought they had become unobtainium. Would love to know a source, they ought to be really cheap and well worn in. Would l...

ananya12, quoting a one and a half year old post by Muirium, wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 05:15

Given that you have a small but carefully curated collection of SSKs. It's great that you have found joy in these keyboards and have taken care to maintain and enjoy them.

Would you mind elaborating?

tonyadams wrote: ↑

24 Apr 2023, 08:52

Wonderful guide. I appreciate your effort in spending time making this helpful guide.
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Nice try with a well hidden spam link, but do not underestimate dedicated moderators

TNT wrote: ↑

16 Apr 2023, 18:26

[…] Some high profile, spherical keycaps might look really great on that one. […]

I would on the contrary absolutely want to preserve the looks of this keyboard,

New here and trying to make friends with new people.

That's what the spammer wrote here - with a new method for their spam links.
But of course we are not going to let them prevail