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Offline Whiskey in the Jar-o

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« on: Sat, 13 December 2008, 21:43:11 »
OK, so only the geeks may know who Bjarne Stroustrup is, but guess which keyboard he uses?
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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 13 December 2008, 22:03:33 »
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OK, so only the geeks may know who Bjarne Stroustrup is, but guess which keyboard he uses?


I love it.  Seeing that on his desk, he seems like a kindred spirit.  (Also, myself, being part-Danish and regarding C++ as my favorite programming language might have something to do with it.)
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 13 December 2008, 22:10:17 »
Looks like it could very well be the original HHKB keyboard.  Paired with a fairly old (by today's standards) Sun mouse (non-laser, non-optical...ball inside).  

So, kudos for the HHKB layout...but sub-optimal interfaces otherwise.  ;)
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Offline D-EJ915

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 13 December 2008, 22:17:45 »
ooh, a Sun mouse and IBM monitor as well, haha.  It does look like the 'HHKB' on the desk there which I can confirm mine looks exactly the same, not surprised as he has the sun mouse probably has a sun blade system.

^iMav: the type 6 mouse isn't that old, they also kick ass and have a pretty high sensitivity or whatever you call it.
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Offline Whiskey in the Jar-o

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 14 December 2008, 02:59:43 »
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I love it.  Seeing that on his desk, he seems like a kindred spirit.  (Also, myself, being part-Danish and regarding C++ as my favorite programming language might have something to do with it.)


Cool.  Too bad C++ is getting no love these days.  BTW, he also uses the Sam editor.  It's like a mouse-enabled ed on steroids.  You could say it's vi's sibling.  When I finally decided that I had to learn a "real editor" once and for all, I brielfly considered it.  Ended up going with vim instead.
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 14 December 2008, 08:34:52 »
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It's like a mouse-enabled ed on steroids.

Well, any ed-like editor would have to be on a lot of steroids to be usable. (at least enough to make it a full-screen editor) :)

I had to make copious use of ed on a partially crippled unicos system one time to get it functional again.  (it was the only editor available to me in its crippled state)  What a pain in the butt!!
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Offline Whiskey in the Jar-o

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 05:25:18 »
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Well, any ed-like editor would have to be on a lot of steroids to be usable. (at least enough to make it a full-screen editor) :)

I had to make copious use of ed on a partially crippled unicos system one time to get it functional again.  (it was the only editor available to me in its crippled state)  What a pain in the butt!!

It's fullscreen, divided into 2 windows.  One for commands, the other for text.  The mouse is used for selecting text and switching between the 2 windows.  Should be available as a binary package in most Linux distros.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 07:41:14 »
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Looks like it could very well be the original HHKB keyboard.  Paired with a fairly old (by today's standards) Sun mouse (non-laser, non-optical...ball inside).  

So, kudos for the HHKB layout...but sub-optimal interfaces otherwise.  ;)


Some things are best not to have vintage versions of.  Monitors and pointing devices are two of those.
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Offline skriefal

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 08:49:56 »
Unless the pointing device is a Logitech Trackman Marble trackball...
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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 10:23:34 »
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Unless the pointing device is a Logitech Trackman Marble trackball...


Nope, even then it's best to have some thing modern (I'm only saying this to get a rise out of iMav, maybe even a rant).
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 10:26:32 »
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Nope, even then it's best to have some thing modern


You, obviously, don't know pointing perfection when you see it.  :)
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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 10:27:46 »
What, you mean Apple's track pad isn't the best the ever lived?

you have to know I'm kidding now.
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Offline D-EJ915

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 11:23:02 »
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You, obviously, don't know pointing perfection when you see it.  :)

the FX is > the regular one though :D

I just looked on ebay and good lord...the prices...
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 15 December 2008, 12:06:29 »
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the FX is > the regular one though :D

Uhhh huh . . .

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I just looked on ebay and good lord...the prices...

They are pricey because they are in demand.  Logitech trackballs went downhill after the Trackman Marble's.
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