Space-cadet keyboard
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| Keyswitches | Micro Switch SD Series |
|---|---|
| Keycaps | Spherical |
The Space-Cadet keyboard is a keyboard used on MIT Lisp machines. It is known as the holy grail of keyboards.
It was designed by John L. Kulp ("JLK") [1][2], for the Plasma Fusion display system as well as the CADR Lisp machine.[3][4] It drew heavily on the Knight keyboard.
External links
- Deskthority — Space Cadet keyboard and LMI-CADR Lisp Machine Keyboard
- Wikipedia — The Space Cadet keyboard
- The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island, Inc. — Gallery of Space-Cadet with white case
- Flickr — Gallery of Space-Cadet with black case
- MMcM's USB conversion (thread on DT) — 80s keyboard party
References
- ↑ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mietek/mit-cadr-system-software/master/src/lmdoc/kbdpro.3
- ↑ https://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg02212.html
- ↑ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2191014
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140313024156/http://home.comcast.net/~mmcm/kbd/SpaceCadet.html
