Posted: 14 Jul 2018, 23:47
(I should calm down)
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OK wow, that's quite something. I once had a horrible room-mate who put his cigarette ends in the dishwasher -which had an ashtray on top of it, because I have ashtrays everywhere you might want to smoke. I feel for ya, man, I feel for ya.depletedvespene wrote: ↑Fine, I can't hold it anymore.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when I was in high school, computers weren't ubiquitous. PCs were VERY seldomly seen outside large businesses, and only a few schools sported expensive "computer labs" composed of a few (at most eight) Atari XL computers (BTW, for some reason, "English" schools had Apple II computers instead). When I was a senior in my high school and generally acknowledged as "being good with computers", I was drafted into a stupid program where we'd go to a certain other school to make classes to the alumni there — three guesses as to what was I supposed to teach.
This particular establishment was a small middle/high school for "problem" kids that had been expelled from all other places in the area — it was as low as you could get before being sent to my country's version of a halfway house; it was even limited to eight kids per class. And, for some reason, they had decided to get a "computer lab" with four Atari 800XL computers (heck, WE were a much bigger school and had only SIX 600XL, not 800XL, units).
The day came. I went there, expecting the eight kids in 9th grade to set themselves up in pairs in front of each of the four computers. The six kids that actually showed up set themselves, instead, in groups of three before two of the computers. "Oh, two don't work anymore!" "Why not?" "The seniors smoke in class and use the cartridge slots as ash trays."
I couldn't believe it. I flipped one of the computers around, opened the slot... and ash (plus other crap) indeed fell to the table. The class went downhill from there (I made the mistake of assuming these idiots would want to learn something instead of simply playing a couple games). I later told the teacher in charge of the program I would not be going there again. That was 30 years ago, and that image of the ash falling down still upsets me.
Burn it. Burn it for humanity's sake.ThePewster wrote: ↑http://healthyplus.club/heres-a-physica ... costs-100/
Agreed.SwissArmyTin wrote: ↑Burn it. Burn it for humanity's sake.ThePewster wrote: ↑http://healthyplus.club/heres-a-physica ... costs-100/
That’s a Phantom 7BIT Layout.davkol wrote:I'm sure plenty of people would consider my Phantom quite ugly. Good thing my thumbs don't care about ugly.
How do you even type with no spacebar???davkol wrote: ↑I'm sure plenty of people would consider my Phantom quite ugly. Good thing my thumbs don't care about ugly.
It's probably still in use, with seventeen years of nicotine and burns built up on its already suffering frame.Blaise170 wrote: ↑So it looks like the so called "smoker" keyboard is at least from 2001 or earlier, if Google is to be believed.
I saw one like it in person, cleaning out an incredibly filthy apartment with my Ex. Computer chair was in the middle of a 6' diameter circle of ends to the point of looking like a carpet. Keyboard was indescribable. This was a 3rd-floor walk-up with a ludicrous staircase, and somehow, I have no idea, someone had gotten an organ into this place. Also the fridge was apparently a nightmare, the Ex opened it, and told me not to. Well, she had been a CNA working in old people homes doing what she described as "wiping ass". She's worked with the elderly, the mentally defective, the crippled; had shit literally thrown at her head, etc. So if she told me it was that disgusting, I believed her. Fortunately all we had to do was box up some books and mail them, not truly empty the place. I'm a slob, but I have no idea how these people were living like that.
Reminds me of a Microsoft keyboard I had a few years back before I decided to do it properly and get a Model M. That thing was really absolutely dire; it did have a removable keypad that could plug in to either side (or just be left detached altogether) which was nice but everything else was an exercise in how not to do it. I think it's the only keyboard whose tacky key coatings started to disintegrate after a few weeks and which didn't even have basic things like being able to adjust the angle: it sat flat on the desk and that was that, using some unconvincing excuse about "ergonomics".
So overcharged... so over the top. It's kinda what the Humans living inside the universe of the WarCraft movie would have on their desks.
I actually would find this thing very pleasing with different switches and caps. It would make me feel like a Mechwarrior.
Nah, for this you need the Sony Dual Analog Joystick (not the little pre-DualShock pad thing, the big bastard with the two analog flight-stick style ones). Good luck finding the adapter for PC that actually recognizes its (unique) analog protocol, however! Or a Steel Battalion controller, but, again, good luck laying hands on one of those!Sangdrax wrote: ↑I actually would find this thing very pleasing with different switches and caps. It would make me feel like a Mechwarrior.
It's supposed to be a nod to the Hermes. It's pretty standard 60% layout. The IC was even posted here:
Had to purchase it for my youngest who pleaded for the longest time and is now mowing the Lawn, for the rest of this year.
I agree- it's a great price. I'd probably have a harder time resisting if the front side was higher. And that Zephyr has the Zeal tax added. You know... similar to the Apple tax LOLElrick wrote: ↑As an all inclusive Signature Plastic SA Key-cap set and hardware already installed it isn't a bad price considering other 60+ percenters selling at around $600USD as a kit only https://zealpc.net/collections/group-bu ... cts/zephyr.
For that Zephyr price tag, I could get LZ to build a complete keyboard for me from scratch.chuckdee wrote: ↑And that Zephyr has the Zeal tax added. You know... similar to the Apple tax LOL