I am very interested in the
Nuclear Data Green key set.
It is still in the IC phase, hence I do not know how much it is going to be, although the IC seems to be rapidly drawing to a close. Through the PMK GB system this should come in at just under $100,and if sufficient people place an order it should come in at well under the $100. If not, I am more than happy to fund the excess cost.
I have tried OEM (most of my keyboards were born with OEM keys on them, plus Tai Hao). I have tried Cherry (thanks Ivan!). I have tried DCS (mainly from SP as part of various GBs). I have recently tried DSA (Granite - thanks Matt!). I like all of these, perhaps with a slight preference for Cherry. And DCS. And DSA. Ok, and OEM too. I like being indecisive. Or maybe I don't, maybe I've just gotten used to it.
But I have not tried SA.
Although many years ago SA profile keycaps, or similar, were standard on most of the terminals we used to connect to the cluster of minicomputers in the basement at uni. Seeing the pictures at the start of the IC thread has made me nostalgic for the olden days, when men were real men, a proper computer was the size of a washing machine, and everyone wanted to use the shiny new terminals with the separate keyboards and green or orange displays, but I was more than happy to use the old, curved, one piece, white screen, fixed keyboard terminals.
And all the talk about
VT220 is making me want to drag my old VT220 out, although that has a very old, very worn, and somewhat horrible, membrane keyboard.
I have vague notions about putting a keyboard with Nuclear Data Green keycaps into an old terminal case, adding a small LCD, and making a retro look PC/terminal, but that will probably end up just another dream, mostly due to lack of time, partly due to lack of money. Also maybe due to somewhat disparaging comments passed by my other half, and the occasional mildly exasperated look she gives me as she hands over another package of keycaps.
In addition, Elrick has been badgering me to try SA profile keycaps for a while, and you know what he's like when he gets going