deskthority

Ok just a guess

tell me what you think about it.

The best compliment wins a ibm ssk
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(just kidding)

IMO its PERFECT but should be all one color

How do you make the right side so rounded after sawing?

What's wrong with it? It's ISO! Pretty nice otherwise. Could use more wood, I suppose.

The function row should be completely blue or aranged differently.

I would make three 4x4 clusters [gray, blue, gray] and remap the keys so that you have F1-F4 in the first block, F5-F8 in the second and so on.

Apart from that it looks quite cool

EDIT:

T is too far away from SHIF.

7bit wrote:T is too far away from SHIF.

Well, there's always that. Could usę morė Ēs too.

WAIT! Where is Sys Req? Everyone needs it!

That wood thing is cool, but a tad to artistic for my taste. Other than that, its a beautiful board with some nice keycaps on top.

ne0phyte wrote:The function row should be completely blue or aranged differently.

I would make three 4x4 clusters [gray, blue, gray] and remap the keys so that you have F1-F4 in the first block, F5-F8 in the second and so on.

Function rows seem superfluous to me. But how about combining one with a numpad (also unnecessary) in a creative fashion? 12 function keys = 12 hours on a clock.



Picture a numpad right in the middle instead! Everything looks good in wood. (5.25" diskette optional.)

Thanks guy

i thought of remapping the cluster fn keys indeed
but i like that subtle symetry. Not everything is squared in this world ...

And it's not wood it's plastic painted with luv (and paint).

I also thought it is wood and you posted it this way to show how it looks underneath.

If you would paint it all in grey, people would ask what kind of keyboard it is and which switches it has and if it is from the 1970s and how you made it work with a modern computer.

Looks good. I feel a little itch to retr0brite the right side.

7bit wrote:If you would paint it all in grey, people would ask what kind of keyboard it is and which switches it has and if it is from the 1970s and how you made it work with a modern computer.

I does have a bit of an IBM 029 vibe, doesn't it? Especially with bepo vomiting punctuation everywhere.
I don't know whether the next group buy should have EBCDIC keycaps for Cherry switches, or ASCII keycaps for beam springs.

Oh, those sphericals are tall. Want want want!

Can't resist…

A GB for SA profile, for the love of $deity!

kps wrote:...
I does have a bit of an IBM 029 vibe, doesn't it? Especially with bepo vomiting punctuation everywhere.

IBM029.jpg

I don't know whether the next group buy should have EBCDIC keycaps for Cherry switches, or ASCII keycaps for beam springs.

Wow, they copied my design, but did it wrong with the alpha keys.


Let me know if you want to sell it ...

7bit wrote:Let me know if you want to sell it ...

I would love to sell it to myself, but I don't think the owners of that particular machine would agree. It's probably easier for you to ask them directly. http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-st ... bm029.html

OK, I give it a try ...


edit: It seems they have 2:


It even has a NUMERIC key.

How could I forget to include that ..

7bit wrote:I also thopuight it is wood and you posted it this way to show how it looks underneath.

You thopuight wrong

Joe aside does it does really look like wood?
It's two layer of grey, one of antique gold then sanded and 4 layers of mate varnish.

7bit wrote:If you would paint it all in grey, people would ask what kind of keyboard it is and which switches it has and if it is from the 1970s and how you made it work with a modern computer.

Damn i could have said like haata or beardsmore.
I'm no made to be famous.

kps wrote:[
I does have a bit of an IBM 029 vibe, doesn't it? Especially with bepo vomiting punctuation everywhere.

It does ?

Let's if you can type french as fast as i do
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I won with my vomit

(sticky fingers is the way).

Gilgam wrote:Ok just a guess

What is "wrong" is that U, I, R and S keys are not in their correct positions for "Bépo" layout.
Also, the Ê and È keys don't look like they are completely seated.

I like how you populated this keyboard with no extra gaps between keys. Love white-on-blue modifiers!