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Title: hello!
Post by: rm-rf on Sun, 03 May 2015, 15:20:47

i recently found this website and i have been lurking for the past two weeks.
so... hello!

definitely interested in a few group buys to make my wallet destruct.
and collecting a few key caps here and there.

i have been using a model M for most of my life, but many years ago someone had given me a cherry G80-1800 with brown switches.
i still use it every once in a while. but the layout of the keys always kind of drove me crazy, really its just those arrow keys.
but i do love using cherry switches.

but my pride and joy is a portable 286 machine "cherry puter." its got milky switches.
and cherry branding all over it
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last week, i had gone into a computer thrift store and bought two old terminal keyboards, with cherry mx black switches.
and now i just want to mod one to give it more keys, gut the pcb, and rewire it with the teensy.
[attach=2]

i think my next step will be to buy some cherry mx green switches, and build something from scratch.

but then again, i always overwhelm myself with many projects.
lets just hope i don't ramble on as much in my other posts from here on out.

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:37:17

Welcome to Geekhack!

For a moment I thought that was a Dolch PAC you had - that luggable.  What colour are the keycaps?  Loks kinda Dolch-ish ...

If the terminal keyboard is old enough, it might even have the silky smooth vintage blacks in it!

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: rm-rf on Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:54:22

thanks!

the portable machine is dark olive with orange text, and slightly green beige with white text ,
i may have to pull the caps from it for a future build.

as for the two terminal keyboards type pretty smooth, they feel like they have never been used as per each keystroke. there was no stickers/labels to identify them.
when i get back home i will have to open it up again and get some numbers off the pcb.

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:57:06

I like your handle.

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:35:41

Quote from: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:57:06

I like your handle.

Many Unices now include a --no-preserve-root option that must be included for this to have effect.

Not that the command really makes sense - as superuser you'd be up for a reinstall anyway, so why not just reformat in the first place :p

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:36:53

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss, another Philadelphian!

Welcome brother, hope you enjoy your time here! :)

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:45:39

rowdy...you been hitting some of that Durban Poison?;)

His/her handle is "rm -rf" not "rm -rf /". I just took it as a nod to *nix and nothing more. :p

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 04 May 2015, 02:03:46

Quote from: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:45:39

rowdy...you been hitting some of that Durban Poison?;)

His/her handle is "rm -rf" not "rm -rf /". I just took it as a nod to *nix and nothing more. :p

Probably, I got too excited at short notice.

Again :))

Title: Re: hello!
Post by: LXXXIX on Mon, 04 May 2015, 07:18:40

Welcome to GH! I like the weird layout of the second keyboard for sure. There's definitely many chances to wreck your wallet on here. Good luck! :D