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In unrelated news: I finally gave up on my attempt at using a quieter
low-profile keyboard: I gave it half a year thinking I'd get used to
it, but I'm back to the noisy clackety-clack of clicky blue cherry
switches. It seems I need the audible (or perhaps tactile) feedback to
avoid the typing mistakes that I just kept doing.

I'm not sure why I even tried, since it's not like I'm in some office
where the noise of my keyboard can disturb others.

I mention this only in case people have reacted to my typos. Or maybe
it's just me, and I'm just conveniently blaming the keyboard.

Anyway, going forward, I will now conveniently blame autocorrect since
I can't blame the keyboard. Just FYI.

Linus

I just can't type worth a crap on the the spongy POS keyboards that are so common today. It's like air typing, can't get a good finger rhythm.

We were trained for absolute accuracy, not speed but you get pretty fast of the old BAUDOT code teletype after a while.

 

https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/5/11/398


I just can't type worth a crap on the the spongy POS keyboards that are so common today. It's like air typing, can't get a good finger rhythm.

We were trained for absolute accuracy, not speed but you get pretty fast of the old BAUDOT code teletype after a while.

I treated myself to this keyboard last year, it reminded me of some of the solid strong mainframe/minicomputer keyboards I was "raised" on.



It took a few weeks to get used to but I did and it was neat, made me feel like a real programmer again.

But sadly a couple months ago the N key broke and was very hard to fix by gluing it so I abandoned it.

The brand name was Kludge, so why was I surprised...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCV3J5P?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0&th=1

 

Apparently Keychron are a much better brand:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Keychron&crid=1FLI9YZCIMFHX&sprefix=keychron+,aps,300&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

 

I need something with real cherry switches.
Cherry

This is a PS2 keyboard for old school stuff. I have a PS-2 keyboard and mouse USB adapter but they are horrible.
Y-SU45


Don't ever get a white keyboard.

 

I need something with real cherry switches.
Cherry

This is a PS2 keyboard for old school stuff. I have a PS-2 keyboard and mouse USB adapter but they are horrible.
Y-SU45

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I never liked the curvy shape, not masculine enough, too "soft" looking.

 

I never liked the curvy shape, not masculine enough, too "soft" looking.

Far too much information.

 

Found a old picture of the VT terminal graphics system I wrote for Fujitsu. Those terminals had nice keyboards.

 

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I just can't type worth a crap on the the spongy POS keyboards that are so common today. It's like air typing, can't get a good finger rhythm.

We were trained for absolute accuracy, not speed but you get pretty fast of the old BAUDOT code teletype after a while.

She can type at 150 baud. Not bad.

 

Nice!

 

Nice!
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Not so sexy as the 2000 model.

 

Not so sexy as the 2000 model.

 

And you said TMI?