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Title: IBM 4704 Model F 77-key reproduction keyboard review
Post by: chyros on Sun, 20 June 2021, 04:42:55

Today we look at the extremely anticipated Model F77 repro keyboard by Ellipse! There's so much to say about this keyboard, so it turned into a quite lengthy review. Hope you enjoyed the video!

Title: Re: IBM 4704 Model F 77-key reproduction keyboard review
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 20 June 2021, 18:29:17

A other great review!

Love the conversion to imperial units :)

Title: Re: IBM 4704 Model F 77-key reproduction keyboard review
Post by: james97 on Sun, 20 June 2021, 22:23:39

The keyboard looks cool bro, very vintage and has it own style

Title: Re: IBM 4704 Model F 77-key reproduction keyboard review
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 14 September 2021, 10:19:16

The biggest thing I'm sad that doesn't exist about these keyboards is a full 101/103 key layout. I'm not usually a fan of cut down keyboards, but despite the weird num lock and fn key locations (and the lack of tilde/backtick on the top layer), it's the most usable small layout keyboard I've personally used.

I have the ANSI equivalent layout of the board shown, although I think I have fewer keys, as both of my shift keys are full sized.

I was not aware that there were metal-cased Model F keyboards before, but I only had a Model F AT for reference. Honestly, I'm not sure the absurdly heavy case is a plus, other than keeping the keyboard from sliding.