What's your piece of keyboard unobanium?

[Myoth]

now that I think back at this, a Model-F'd M60 would probably be endgame in lots of ways, but the M60 is rather than F62s and Model-F'ing one would be loads of work and might not even possible actually ...



edit : it's actually a M58 :')

[depletedvespene]

The keyboard you've always wanted. Whether real or a Frankenstein creation of your minds eye. What's the thing that you'd buy if it was available and money wasn't a factor?

A whole line of new Model F keyboards, with differing layouts, for each use case I want to: a Folly127 battleship, a common fullsize, a TKL, a 75%, a 7×4 numpad; also a split full-size and a 6×16 ortholinear keyboard.

[Scarpia]

A Model F SSK with a current gen three button TrackPoint.

Second that. Although it’d share the unobtanium throne with the dream of pristine and somehow scratchiness-proofed Alps SKCM browns with lighter springs... actually I should probably just get some lighter springs for my TKL

[kps]

Selectric feel, spherical caps, Kinsesis-like format.

[Khers]

I have three, one for each of the switches I like:

· HHKB HG
· Kishsaver
· 356 mini

[abrahamstechnology]

Using these to make a massive Alps SKCC battleship with a wooden case and solenoid!
https://www.elecshopper.com/clearance/2 ... tches.html

[madrobby]

A beamspring keyboard with a M122 layout and Dasher colorway behemoth

[Shihatsu]

Spherical High-Profile PBT Double-Shots in nice albeit dark Colors and in ISO-DE fashion. O, and they must come with ALPS, MX and BS mounts. AND be afordable. And must'nt be sold on Massdrop.

[AdrianMan]

A topre FC660c like with perfect wobbleless smooth MX sliders that is split and wireless

[__red__]

Spacecadet caps for Model M/F in spherical.

[fohat]

Spacecadet caps for Model M/F in spherical.

That would be wicked.

[Myoth]

KMAC Mini, without a doubt the keyboard I want the most...

hah ... maybe the 1 and a half years ago me wasn't as ambitious as the today me ...

[Hak Foo]

Alps format Tai-Hao caps in true black-on-two-tone instead of that horrible Olivetti knock off, with the extra weird keys for an ANSI Omnkiey

[zrrion]

I'm working on making a reproduction of the ALPSaver case but with a 60% form factor. Would love to be able to get enough of these switches to fill out the board so that I could throw in a bunch of amber or Matias click leaves and make what would be an endgame 60% for me.

[Iwaju]

how would this feel like to type on with hands

[M9HM]

how would this feel like to type on with hands

I wouldn't know if to type or to play mahjong.

[Redmaus]

Here is my piece of unobtainium:

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[xxhellfirexx]

how would this feel like to type on with hands

I guess you haven't watched Thomas' video. It's for people with no hands. You poke the keys using a stick in your mouth.

[Iwaju]

yeah IK

[Iwaju]

I know how to use it

[Iwaju]

I want it tho

[Yasu0]

Selectric feel, spherical caps, Kinsesis-like format.

I think a camera pointed at the selectric streaming to a offsite guy who types whatever I type on to my computer screen would get me pretty close.

[PlacaFromHell]

This bad boy:

[Redmaus]

This bad boy:

Ugh I have the 3101, and I wish so much that it didn't have the stupid flapper thingy on the top of the case. Full metal case looks sooo much cleaner.

[Yasu0]

I want to see a paper on how these bugs worked... something we can build off of.

https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... diplomats/
https://qz.com/932448/forget-smart-tvs- ... pewriters/
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/#bin
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104963.0

[zzxx53]

87% or 65% Model F, with spherical caps
Although Redmaus's 3279 does look extremely tempting...

[Weezer]

Mine would be the 4978 beamship thing.

I think I might just make my own and lift the keys from a displaywriter or something.

[zzxx53]

Mine would be the 4978 beamship thing.

I think I might just make my own and lift the keys from a displaywriter or something.

Potentially you could take a regular 5251 and put in a Bigfoot model f case, there's a reasonable chance it would fit.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17339&start=

EDIT: forgot 4978 has an extra two row of keys on top, nvm

[Yasu0]

Does Unicomp have any plans to do a TKL or heavy case? TKL would be just about ideal for 90% of the people out there looking for a good compact mechanical. A brand new M available in a narrow form factor. With all unicomps options on their list. More office friendly volume level than an F or Selectric.

Assuming TKL unicomps are unobtanium...

For the existing ten key ones.. I'm tempted to do a run of zinc case castings for folks who want a heavy case. That $150 mark is something I personally have a hard time exceeding. I bet a lot of users out there are the same. I think a $50 zinc case would be cool if you could throw an IBM M or Unicomp into it and get that heavy feel. If its even possible to hit that $50 mark. Haven't checked, probably not.

Anyway that would be a cool alternative to the $400 reproduction F.

[zrrion]

unicomp is working on a tkl, but as I understand it they are understaffed due to covid, and so everyone who would be working on developing the tkl is currently working in assembly so that they can still fill orders.