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Beautiful! Looks more like a musical instrument than a keyboard. :)

While I don't mind split keyboards (for a touch typist it's the same, you just have hands in a different angle), those keys aligned to vertical columns (e.g. Q A Z) instead of normal angle would give me a tough time. Why...? :roll:

Now I feel like a total idiot. :oops:
I've just brought the keyboard with Kailh switches from work, tried it with my home Linux computer and it looks like there is no randomly not actuating B problem !
After typing single B sequences, I retyped two full pages of text (I'm a quite fast touch typist ...

Interesting! Thanks for those links.

That living hinges durability might probably also explain why good rubber domes can sometimes last for so long - i.e. many years of intense use.

I just wonder if materials used in modern products (of course not only keyboards) are still good enough. I mean ...

I've created a Python program (OK, ChatGPT has created it for me) that counts keypresses from all running applications. Space bar is the most used key (as expected) but it looks like even my estimates from the original post have been probably too much.
The right shift on my Cherry G80-3000 S TKL ...

I have no experience with Gaterons but even they should also last more that that:


Gateron switches are built to withstand a high number of key presses. The keystroke lifespan for each switch is typically rated for tens of millions of keystrokes. This durability ensures that the switches remain ...

So the usable life can be just a fraction of the advertised life (the number on the box)... :roll:

That Cherry is still fine - the randomly tougher right shift (at the moment it looks cured ???) isn't a big problem a and the typing experience is still very good.

On the other hand, the unreliable ...

[problem solved - see the end...]

My Cherry G80-3000 S TKL keyboard with brown switches has been used (quite intensely) for about 4 years. Recently I've noticed that right ANSI Shift has more pronounced tactile bump (feels like 3 times more compared to other keys). Only occasionally, probably when ...

Thanks for the date. Yep, this was originally 25-pin as well (see the description).

I haven't posted this yet.

Not sure how old it is but even almost a quarter century ago I wanted to use it for fun as something vintage and exotic - that's why the original 25pin connector was changed to 9pin one because RS232 had replaced the 25pin version in early 2000's PCs.

This is really beautiful - especially for a programmer, keeper of some farm animals and native Czech speaker at the same time. :)

I'm a bit sceptical though. Classic programming we learn will be soon for a bunch of guys writing very specialised code (maybe specific parts of unusual firmware etc ...

The keycap colour is quite atractive.

They look almost linear.

Thanks for the picture. Love this kind of antique technical stuff.

Very nice!

But what kind of switches does use that rotary dial telephone?

Very nice keyboard! Wonder if the extra space above F-keys row was meant as an area for explanatory stickers/notes or just the style of that era?

Function keys have to be there for something , right?


As I said launching mastodon apps like Outlook or Teams you typically start just after logging in a don't close them until the shutdown or reboot.
Volume Up/Down/Mute Play/Pause/Next/Prev make a lot of sense on easily accessible keyboard ...

Looks nice. Those hotkeys for launching applications give a feeling of the early 2000's.
(How often does one need to launch Outlook or Teams?? )

Looks nice. You should also get a white/beige ball mouse from that era... wait!!! ...LCD monitor???

When my fingers can't find them, I'll stick something else on there.?


For example? :D


I had completely levelled homing bars on my last rubber dome keyboard (Microsoft Wired Keyboard 200). Some old stickers for labelling audio cassettes (those tiny square stickers with numbers and letters ...

My Cherry G80-3000 S TKL has both - differently shaped F J + homing bars on them. They're slowly disappearing after more than 2 years of daily use. When my fingers can't find them, I'll stick something else on there. I'm a pig - so what?

I love the orange look, TKL would be better for me (mouse closer at hand), but the layout is an utter nightmare!

UCF PC3
ACP ALC
ALB ALP

UP MG POHE
GGT GLUC LDH

What are the two rows of keys good for?

Looks good. But who still needs two Window keys?
Why not place Fn instead of the right one and have the missing Ins above -> ?

Bottom row from left is an IBM/ Lenovo "Fn Ctrl ..." order. Win key missing - OK. But hey! What that comma between left Alt and the spacebar?

Great reading! Thanks for putting in your time on it.

All on an IBM Model F. The same one I just went back to a few weeks ago, in fact. I put 20 years on that board before retiring it for a "modern" keyboard in 2008. I unretired it with a thorough scrub and an adapter cable, and it's back on the job.


Nice. Getting a used, perfectly cleaned Model F ...

The location is correct but I'm not sure about Tesla - but I'm no expert.
Your funny picture seems to come from neighbouring East Germany and the computers are probably Robotrons. (Reddit)

Not so much a film, but a historic shot from a 1970's - 1980's telecommunication central. Wonder what those huge keyboards are?
(Open image in a new tab for full size.)

Great app, thanks for the effort!

Nice. Wonder what does the "GL" key (just above arrow up) do?
I would guess the L stands for a lock but standard three locks are already present.