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by indrora
05 Jul 2017, 23:18
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Ergo springs: Heavy or light?
Replies: 4
Views: 2522

IMHO, based on my own experience with RSI – and this will probably be an unpopular opinion – the biggest improvement is to simply learn to properly touch-type, so you minimize the movement of the joints that you stress. Even better if you get an ergonomic layout. I'm a fairly competent touch-typist...
by indrora
05 Jul 2017, 02:08
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Help me identify keycaps
Replies: 4
Views: 1829

It appears that Signature Plastics can produce caps with a larger variant on the Gorton Modified they use, implied by http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/LineFont.pdf
by indrora
05 Jul 2017, 00:04
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Ergo springs: Heavy or light?
Replies: 4
Views: 2522

Ergo springs: Heavy or light?

Title says it all: I'm waging the fight against RSI and my foray into the game (Ergodox, Gateron Blues) has done a huge amount for me. Working with normal keyboards now feels strange and confining (even uncomfortable at times). I'm going to be making another. The question is: What switches should I ...
by indrora
01 May 2017, 18:18
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 1987 entire room of ALPS
Replies: 18
Views: 4530

y11971alex wrote: Do you have an hour to spare for an explanation?
Pinyin is a Romanization of Chinese using the constituent parts from their rough pronunciation. Pinyin IMEs use this Romanization to construct characters, helping the user choose the correct radical set. Wikipedia has more info
by indrora
30 Apr 2017, 23:53
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IBM Video - Manufacture of Model Fs by IBM 7535/7565 robots
Replies: 8
Views: 3498

Looks like they managed to get a shot or two with a smashed cap or two.
by indrora
30 Apr 2017, 23:29
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 1987 entire room of ALPS
Replies: 18
Views: 4530

Can someone explain to me why there is a huge room of kids typing out Chinese documents at insane speed? I am kind of missing the educational aspect of this for the kids and the Gargled translation of the description isn't helping me any... Bing has a slightly less transglarblated description: Chin...
by indrora
28 Apr 2017, 04:26
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Replicating Nixdorf keys
Replies: 8
Views: 2729

Wodan wrote: Haven't seen the nixie caps on a custom keyboard ever :(
If I had a set of them, I'd totally be up for giving them a run on the Ergodox I'm going to build soon.
by indrora
27 Apr 2017, 19:15
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Replicating Nixdorf keys
Replies: 8
Views: 2729

They're challenging because of the three (!) different heights: one for keys, one for the side/numpad and then another for the top special row. Getting my hands on originals seems like a fool's errand, too, because everyone seems to go for the switches, then ditch the caps.
by indrora
27 Apr 2017, 06:11
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Replicating Nixdorf keys
Replies: 8
Views: 2729

Those look pretty cool, but how are you going to produce a finished keyset? From what I understand it includes making entirely new moulds for each key, which will no doubt take a while to develop and fund! Alternatively you could look at the Devlin Q-series keycaps, they remind a bit of the general...
by indrora
25 Apr 2017, 23:49
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Replicating Nixdorf keys
Replies: 8
Views: 2729

Replicating Nixdorf keys

After letting go of my last mech keeb (a deck compressed layout) I discovered Nixdorfs. after seeing them and kinda lusting over them, I thought "Wait, the keys are likely just as popular as the switches!" I then thought "I have OpenSCAD, I can make them myself!" This is what I have so far for 1u: h...

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