I am looking for analogies to gods and goddesses (greek, roman, norse, whatever) for classic desirable mechanical keyboards. Weird right? Anyway, I have these so far:

IBM Model M = Zeus, king of the gods. This one seems to make great sense to me because the Model M is essentially the standard, it is the one that all keyboards are measured against, and is often called the king of keyboards... With me so far?

Alright next is the Model M 122 key terminal keyboard, I think this one ought to be Chronos because it is big old mean keyboard. Seems more curmudgeonly than the regular model M.

Model F = maybe Gaia because it is sorta the mother of all keyboards, it seems to have birthed the whole movement.


Thats all I have so far, I know there are lots more keyboards and other analogies to be made, I want your suggestions. I will update this post to reflect what we come up with.

Please reply with the keyboard you would nominate to godhead, and the diety you want to associate with it, and why....
Any ideas?
-Ezra

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UPDATED LIST:

IBM MODEL F 122 Key Terminal Keyboard = Chronos (as suggested by fohat.digs) I can't deny his logic.

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UPDATE 2
Pre-PC Mechanical keyboards Xerox, IBM, Ect are Titans (they certainly are larger and heavier than the later versions)

then post PC Mechanical: Buckling Spring M, Alps, ect, would be gods (descended from the titans)

Modern Mechanical Keyboards like HHKB, DAS Keyboard, ect would be the demigods,

and last of all would be mushy modern keyboards (non mechanical) these would be ordinary mortals.....

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Blasphemy!

Cronos is the Model F 122-key terminal board. Any Model M is a whining **** compared to the Model F.

Model Ms may be gods, but Model Fs are Titans.

Alright then, that makes sense, so Chronos is the Model F 122 Key Terminal Keyboard, done and done.
What does that make the lowly M122? Aether or Chaos? (since they are descended from Chronos)

Any other suggestions? what about apple keyboards like the M0110?

What does that make the lowly M122? Aether or Chaos? (since they are descended from Chronos)

Any other suggestions? what about apple keyboards like the M0110?

The Model Fs, along with most of the other massive pre-PC keyboards, are collectively the Titans.

I nominate the IBM Selectric typewriter as Uranus.

The M-122 is clearly the brother of the standard M. And the SSK would be the wife or consort of the standard M.

I would say that all Apples are female, with the M0115 being the Big Mama.

Wouldn't the mother of all keyboards that started this be a typewriter? Or at least a beamspring

The Model Fs, along with most of the other massive pre-PC keyboards, are collectively the Titans.

I nominate the IBM Selectric typewriter as Uranus.

I like the idea of breaking the generations down like that.

So it would be

Pre-PC Mechanical keyboards Xerox, IBM, Ect are Titans (they certainly are larger and heavier than the later versions)

then post PC Mechanical: Buckling Spring M, Alps, ect, would be gods (descended from the titans)

Modern Mechanical Keyboards like HHKB, DAS Keyboard, ect would be the demigods,

and last of all would be mushy modern keyboards (non mechanical) these would be ordinary mortals.....

Beamspring?

That's the oldest one, and without it we wouldn't have the Model F, M or.. really anything...

I would say that all Apples are female, with the M0115 being the Big Mama.

The original code names of the Apple Extended Keyboard and AEKII were the Saratoga and the Nimitz, named after the aircraft carriers.

Topre would be the bed of the gods, since only the finest can bang on it.

Topre would be Aite, the goddess of delusion.

It was named "My Little Kishsaver" but I like Adonis more

Gods are dead.

Nietzsche ~ ErgoDox

Is that you  tp?

I hoped that we'd be able to avoid turning this into a switch vs. switch circlejerk, but here we are again.

I think Hall Effect or Beamspring would be Atlas.

I hoped that we'd be able to avoid turning this into a switch vs. switch circlejerk, but here we are again.

I see no circlejerk, just people having fun.

Um...beamspring or Selectric has to be top of the pile. 

But you guys should know about the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, if we want to go way back:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholes_and_Glidden_typewriter

Korean's would have to be Aphrodite

This thread is about keyboards, but if you like Koreans that much...   

But you guys should know about the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, if we want to go way back:

I was referring to the IBM Selectric as the universally accepted pinnacle of evolution of the electric typewriter, and the springboard from which our modern computer "keyboard culture" leaped.

D-man is absolutely correct since the thread specifically said "Mechanical"

Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 September 2014, 12:18:25

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Tue, 30 September 2014, 08:42:49

But you guys should know about the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, if we want to go way back:

I was referring to the IBM Selectric as the universally accepted pinnacle of evolution of the electric typewriter, and the springboard from which our modern computer "keyboard culture" leaped.

Daniel is absolutely correct since the thread specifically said "Mechanical"

Did you just refer to me by my real name?  Or somebody else?  I try to hide the fact that I, Daniel Craig, Mr. James Bond, have a strong interest in mechanical keyboards.

That explains your packaging skills.

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Tue, 30 September 2014, 15:28:19

Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 September 2014, 12:18:25

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Tue, 30 September 2014, 08:42:49

But you guys should know about the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, if we want to go way back:

I was referring to the IBM Selectric as the universally accepted pinnacle of evolution of the electric typewriter, and the springboard from which our modern computer "keyboard culture" leaped.

Daniel is absolutely correct since the thread specifically said "Mechanical"

Did you just refer to me by my real name?  Or somebody else?  I try to hide the fact that I, Daniel Craig, Mr. James Bond, have a strong interest in mechanical keyboards.

That explains your packaging skills.

I'm going to assume that is a compliment.