It's funny, since the only memory I've had of using an actual mechanical typewriter with that sort of keyboard was the tiringly high actuation force and getting my fingers stuck between the keys... I suppose this wouldn't have the former characteristic though.
I think it's odd they chose to include Pause/Break and PrintScreen/SysReq, but omitted the Insert key.
I think the point of the parent comment was that mechanical keyboards (except for maybe the junk Razer sells) aren't considered to be "run-of-the-mill" compared to the millions (if not billions) of rubber-domes floating around, and a wireless mechanical keyboard would be particularly far outside the "run-of-the-mill" classification.
$300 is a little steep. You can get those keycaps that will fit on any cherry MX switch keyboard for $80-$100. Add a TKL keyboard (one without the number block) for $80 and you have your desktop typewriter.
$300 isn't out of the ordinary, particularly when you throw in a custom metal base and effectively one-off production costs on top of your $200 starting figure.
The Ergodox will cost you nearly as much in materials, more pre-assembled.
With none of the joys of actually using a mechanical typewriter.
Typing on a real mechanical typewriter is really fun, at least until you get tired. You have to put so much force on the keys that your forearms get into it. Stressed? Take out your frustrations on the typewriter. But the best is that carriage return lever -- SLAM! I used to slam that thing so hard that the typewriter would slowly migrate across the desk, and I'd have to readjust it when feeding a new sheet.
As someone who owns two typewriters (a 1949 Royal Arrow and some electric Smith-Corona that I haven't thoroughly identified yet), I'd love to someday build a typewriter-style computer keyboard that operates by actually smacking electrical contacts, just like how a proper typewriter works. Or perhaps have the levers interact with some photoelectric or Hall-effect sensors instead of relying on direct electrical contact. Whatever the case, it would be fantastic (albeit probably annoying to anyone within a 100-meter radius of my desk :) ).
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[ 760 ms ] story [ 386 ms ] thread> Qwerkywriter's Patent-Pending keycaps features typewriter inspired keycaps.
WHAT THE FUCK.
http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard-shtml/
A company also sells these (although they're much more expensive than the one in the article):
http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/keyboards.htm
There's something called a design patent which IIUC prevents, e.g., Samsung from selling a tablet computer that looks too much like an iPad.
I think it's odd they chose to include Pause/Break and PrintScreen/SysReq, but omitted the Insert key.
And the carriage return lever seems to be only for show, it would have been nicer if it actually was a return key...
The Ergodox will cost you nearly as much in materials, more pre-assembled.
This sentence makes me want to go crush the life of something beautiful. So goddamn pretentious and hipster.
> Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
Oh, right. Those people might have been rebellious in 1984, but they're mainstream today.
Typing on a real mechanical typewriter is really fun, at least until you get tired. You have to put so much force on the keys that your forearms get into it. Stressed? Take out your frustrations on the typewriter. But the best is that carriage return lever -- SLAM! I used to slam that thing so hard that the typewriter would slowly migrate across the desk, and I'd have to readjust it when feeding a new sheet.
http://shop.keyboard.io
There are several more efficient keyboard layouts too:
http://xahlee.info/kbd/dvorak_and_all_keyboard_layouts.html
http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/#/main
Ergonomics is key:
https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/the-model-01-an-heir...