In all my life, I never thought I'd see someone defend the XT layout to this degree.
I can use it, but only barely, and it honestly takes function away from the superior M layout. There certainly is a reason why I use an F122 over a Standard XT, the layout is superior in every way, and the soarers converter ensures that I can use it like a more normal modern keyboard, and still have my beloved F switches.
I don't even know where to start with this guy, it reads like Satire, though after reading other things he has written, it seems much more likely that he just takes himself WAYYY too seriously.
Here is his current site, the old one doesn't seem to be used by him at all anymore:
https://cutcodedown.com/Even reading through his posts there which were all produced at the end of last year, you can tell he has a fair amount of gripes about everything, and few things seem to get him happy enough to compliment them.
unicomp shill identified
Affirm, requesting permission to downvote at 300 meters, sir.
... and, once he's had his first heart attack upon seeing the F122 and M122 side-by-side, he shall be introduced to the F77 keyboard. RIP!
I was certain he had had a heart attack when I saw the dates on his blog, but he's still around, being angry.
Lol, what's that line about the switches being awful on the Model F that makes the Model M more desirable? I'm not debating the quality or build or how long Model F switches last, but isn't the Model F more desired? And that's why the prices are so high (along with them being older or not as abundant)?
Between the two, I've seen Model M's more wanted only for layout and price and compatibility, Model F's for the switches. I certainly belonged to this category until I discovered the Battleship way of life.
Haha, enjoyed reading it, especially your angry response 
10/10 Angry response, would read again Maledic.
Just some angry boomer who still uses the XT layout with wrist pain when he needs to access a function on his modern system.
Has to be, this is the only possibility. I've never seen someone defend the XT layout that wasn't writing an article from the mid 80's. Notably, he complains, but gives little counter example, so all of this just comes across as very lame complaining.
I can only imagine how less satire-like this would have sounded should he have given supporting reasons to why on earth he thinks that XT keyboard layouts are in any way superior to the later incarnations of the model M, but also the later Model F's, such as the AT.
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I love Unicomp for what they do, but don't pretend that their quality stacks up to the old IBM's, it just doesn't.
Still, I never thought someone could ever be deep enough in the hole to actually believe that Model F's were inferior to Unicomps, in any way, other then perhaps layout.
