@uastronomer @lazygamereviews like with the #PC122 by #Unicomp.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpyvLFLZtC0&t=4m40s via #chyrosran22

@arrjay because the #HIDman by @rasteri is a pretty solid project and since most of these boards don't handle #USB-#HID well and I want to check PS/2 compatibility and function without needing to hookup my #ModelM all the time, this is a transparent solution for all OSes one would want.

• Plus someone already did a HIDman card that does just spit out USB ports on a PCI/ISA bracket.

Thus it makes total sense to go with it: "Why reinvent the wheel when there are rims and tires ready to roll?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44tg6oXGmYI

@keyboards A nice one. #ModelM #M122 or #ModelF #F122...

@kobilacroix @katja and #Unicomp makes a #ModelM known as the "#EnduraPro"…

• Which is not as "sociable" if you ain't the only being in the room or if you are sensitive to #BucklingSpring noise...

@mjdxp Granted, it'a hueg chonker but I think in terms of practicality really lacking compared to a #Unicomp #PC122 / #ModelM 122 or even #F122 / #ModelF #Keyboard...

@pgcd @WillA763 Obviously the #VIC20 did predate modern keyboard layout conventions that the #ModelM (Actually #ModelF, but noone but the followers of #chyrosran22 will know!) implemented and that got copied since then...

#Commodore did OFC design the entire #Ecosystem and aside from #Software didn rule over it with iron fist, so at that time noone "knew" better...

@louisgrasset At least I am self-aware that actually giving a shit about the #Envoirment and not wanting to waste € 2k on an unrepariable piece of #ManufactureEwaste that constantly spies on you and supports literal slave labour is a "nieche case" ...

• Also it seems as if I'm not alone in that regard...

Make of that what you will, but if people don't voice their demands then noone is gonna listen.

• After all, @frameworkcomputer got started by people who didn't want to continue #enshittifying #ThinkPads anymore...

And yes, "nieches cases are valid" may it be the #ModelM keyboard or some actually #maintainable & #repairable #tech...

• IDK if you just gave up and "consoom yourself happy" or not, but I guess I've to add this to my laundry list of #projects to do...

And yes, I'd rather #Ghettohack myself some "#JankTech" #Chonker phone instead of giving up!

@forceofhabit @catsalad doing Push-Ups on a #ModelM

"You w0t m8?"

@hierarchon so what?

Keys #F1-#F24 & #PF1-#PF12 are standardized and on a real 100% board like the #ModelM #Terminal & #Unicomp #PC122 you'll have these...

• Also the #CopilotKey is still a fuckup as it destroys #MuscleMemory and fucks with people who tend to hit the #spacebar on the right edge...

Alongsite with the usually misnamed #SuperKey, the #Copilot - #Key should've never been allowed or even implemented into existance!

Two weeks later and I am still luxuriating in the experience every time I sit down to start typing on this thing.

It's like I had years to become accustomed to how much more slow and tentative I was when typing on the more modern keyboards that rattled and shook and (very slightly) moved around on my computer table.

Now my typing speed is up by at least 30% because the keys are always PRECISELY where they were the last time my fingers came down.

Pure joy.

Does anyone happen to have some grey Model M keycaps they no longer need? Specifically the Right Ctrl, Left Arrow and End keys, since mine seem to have gone walkabout sometime in the last 33 years.

@tobleh @ami_angelwings

Actually the #ModelF was the one that standardized the layout, the #ModelM was designed to be a cheaper-to-produce successor product by using buckling springs on rubberdomes instead of leaf springs.

Needless to say #IBM invested a lot money and personnel hours into the original design...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wmMZmMinM&t=114s

@VirtualRook sadly not a #PC122 or #Terminal122 #ModelM because she really could use those other #TTY sessions...

Cuz 24 > 12....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjp8Xw3oGaQ