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Offline jayeye

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I want to be buried with my Model M keyboards
« on: Sat, 23 May 2015, 18:57:27 »
I've been using a Type M keyboard since time immemorial. They seem to last for an average of 10 years. What dies is either the trackpoint (yes, I have *that* variant!) or the cable (the rubber coating gets brittle, frays, and then some accident happens to the exposed wires). Or they get stolen, or someone pours some liquid on them.


What brought me to this forum (which I didn't know existed) was a search for a configurable PS2-to-USB adaptor, which came up with tmk_keyboard, which led to this site.


I'm a software engineer by vocation, with particular interests in large systems (so, naturally, also networks and security). I own an Ultimaker2, and if I had space in my Manhattan apartment I'd also have a tabletop mill. Non-technical interests include books, Bach, books, opera, books, cooking, books, gaming, did I mention books?

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Re: I want to be buried with my Model M keyboards
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 06:15:48 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Your own 3 printer - nice :)  Have you tried printing any keycaps yet?

Also is there a maker space near you?  They might have a tabletop mill, or an even bigger one.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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