While searching for images of the inside of an F AT, since I didn't have one handy to take apart, I stumbled upon this downright hilarious blog post. I thought that with Ellipses' keyboards finally making their way out into the wild, this should be an entertaining read for those of you with an interest in capacitive buckling springs:
Model F My ARSE (http://"https://deathshadow.com/blog/20170716_Model+F+My+ARSE/")
You may want to make some popcorn to accompany it.
I wonder if the guy, after yapping on about the impropriety of the "M" layout, will ever remember that the M122 and F122 battleships share the exact same layout (which is why the M122 get their bad wrap).
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)?
lol, he keeps deleting comments. best not to give it attentionPretty sure by now he knows he ****ed up xD .
Haha, enjoyed reading it, especially your angry response :D
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... 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!
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)?
Haha, enjoyed reading it, especially your angry response :D
Just some angry boomer who still uses the XT layout with wrist pain when he needs to access a function on his modern system.
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.
XT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.In a way it's difficult to use an M after you've had an F tbh xD .
XT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.
XT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.In a way it's difficult to use an M after you've had an F tbh xD .
Such a magnificent board! :DXT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.In a way it's difficult to use an M after you've had an F tbh xD .
That is why one goes all in for the F122. :-D
Such a magnificent board! :DXT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.In a way it's difficult to use an M after you've had an F tbh xD .
That is why one goes all in for the F122. :-D
XT Layout sucks! I think the only people use it is for the switches. No reason to get a Model F XT if you can get a Model M for much cheaper... unless the switches in the F are better.
Could that be some kind of very intelligent marketing gag?
I mean, the text would be a lot more agreeable if you flipped literally everything he says 180°.
This reads a bit like advanced satire for the keyboard enthusiast.
And who will be the target group for a limited rerun of model F keyboards? My guess would be that they are interesting for a bunch of people knowing that the F's capacitive buckling springs are superior to the M's. And this one guy, who likes the weird layout.
So literally everyone who gets what this text is about should strongly disagree with those ramblings. And then click on the link.
And think 'Nice. Someone has resurrected that switch and done something quite useful with it by combining the M layout with the F feel'.
And maybe order one.
I could only wish in the future we'd get something else like the battleship, I know full well it's highly super unlikely and will probably never happen.
But it is absolutely glorious.But, like midwestern moms have hanging up in their homes on a living room wall:
Don't be sad it went away, be glad that it happened:
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Stitched into a piece of cloth of course.
An F107 would be a wonderful addition. I don't think he has the resources to produce big boards, and there is a bigger market for smaller sized boards, anyway.
An F107 would be a wonderful addition. I don't think he has the resources to produce big boards, and there is a bigger market for smaller sized boards, anyway.
We need even bigger/heavier zinc slabs though. How else will we test the durability/construction of desks/tables? How else will we bludgeon intruders into another dimension? How else will we anchor hot air balloons? How else will we chock big rig truck tires on steep inclines? What else will we use as sledgehammers (actual sledgehammers?)? What other armor could possibly defeat RPGs?
The F107 is clearly a vital commodity that is in very short supply.
Just as there is a need for BOTH swords and daggers, we need F107 keybards AND TKLs as well.
This, amongst other reasons, is why Ellipse needs to include the TKL (or, better, the efTKL) form factor in his next round.
What's an efTKL offhand?
What's an efTKL offhand?
Imagine a regular TKL, then put the EF1..EF10 key block to its left (just like the F107 and the F122 keyboards).