Comments on: Make your own Das Keyboard http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: MCW http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-10569 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:48:20 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-10569 This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. The IBM Model M is already a rare bird, but this moron here goes ahead and destroys one. Those keycaps - $100 a set from reputable dealers! And here he paints over them. Do us all a favor and just take the keycaps off of your model M if you have to ruin it. Sell them on eBay to those of us who want to preserve the original look and need replacements. Or better yet, just use your Model M without the keycaps and skip the painting step all together! This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. The IBM Model M is already a rare bird, but this moron here goes ahead and destroys one. Those keycaps - $100 a set from reputable dealers! And here he paints over them. Do us all a favor and just take the keycaps off of your model M if you have to ruin it. Sell them on eBay to those of us who want to preserve the original look and need replacements. Or better yet, just use your Model M without the keycaps and skip the painting step all together!

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3345 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3345 Cookies = not awesome? You aren't buying the right cookies :wink: Cookies = not awesome? You aren’t buying the right cookies wink

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3333 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:24:17 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3333 No, that's a different kind of awesome. :P Wait... Cookies? I would say tasty... I'm not sure if I would classify them as awesome thought. No, that’s a different kind of awesome. P

Wait… Cookies? I would say tasty… I’m not sure if I would classify them as awesome thought.

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3332 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:07:49 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3332 I can think of things that look more awesome than a blank keyboard Many of them involve cookies, naked girls or some combination of the two... I can think of things that look more awesome than a blank keyboard

Many of them involve cookies, naked girls or some combination of the two…

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3326 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:40:32 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3326 Oh, come on. Painting keys is the whole point here. Nothing looks more awesome than a keyboard full of blank keys. ;) Oh, come on. Painting keys is the whole point here. Nothing looks more awesome than a keyboard full of blank keys. )

]]> by: Wikke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3325 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:26:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3325 A few years ago, I also painted a keyboard black,, but just the upper half of the plastic casing. I also did my computer mouse. It actually looked pretty neat, and I stil could see the keys :P That was in my 486 days, running Windows 3.1. Ah, memories :) A few years ago, I also painted a keyboard black,, but just the upper half of the plastic casing. I also did my computer mouse.
It actually looked pretty neat, and I stil could see the keys P
That was in my 486 days, running Windows 3.1. Ah, memories )

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3324 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:17:03 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3324 I love the price difference on that link you posted. The blank key one costs $259 and the bigger regular version with the arrow keys costs $69. :| Personally I like my CTRL in the bottom left corner and the Caps Lock below Tab. But I guess that's what I'm used to. I wouldn't be able to deal without the arrow keys either. I love the price difference on that link you posted. The blank key one costs $259 and the bigger regular version with the arrow keys costs $69. |

Personally I like my CTRL in the bottom left corner and the Caps Lock below Tab. But I guess that’s what I’m used to. I wouldn’t be able to deal without the arrow keys either.

]]> by: Craig Betts http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3323 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:05:05 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3323 Yeah, I could paint a UNIX keyboard, but I treasure the ones I can find! The only ps2 style I have found is the <a href="http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeyser.html" rel="nofollow">Happy Hacker</a>, but they are missing other keys I use (cursor keys!). I have a few Sun USB UNIX keyboards, but like I said, I treasure them too much. I guess I wouldn't be cool with an old layout anyways . . . Yeah, I could paint a UNIX keyboard, but I treasure the ones I can find! The only ps2 style I have found is the Happy Hacker, but they are missing other keys I use (cursor keys!). I have a few Sun USB UNIX keyboards, but like I said, I treasure them too much.

I guess I wouldn’t be cool with an old layout anyways . . .

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3322 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:56:59 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3322 Well, you could always use a unix keyboard and paint it. :P Btw, unix keyboards always mess me up. I'd be typing along, and all of a sudden everything is in all caps cause I accidentally hit Caps Lock instead of Ctrl or Shift. :mrgreen: Well, you could always use a unix keyboard and paint it. P

Btw, unix keyboards always mess me up. I’d be typing along, and all of a sudden everything is in all caps cause I accidentally hit Caps Lock instead of Ctrl or Shift. mrgreen

]]> by: Craig Betts http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3321 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:51:13 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/03/13/make-your-own-das-keyboard/#comment-3321 That would mess me up so much! I normally use a UNIX layout, which has the most used keys on a UNIX CLI if different places (tilde/back tick, control, caps lock and escape). It will be hard to break the UNIX habit since just about all computers up to the IBM 5150 had the control key in the right place. Yep, even my Apple ][ and Apple /// had it right, but later felt the pressure from the luser community to follow the home PC. Oh well . . . I guess us dinosaurs will eventually become extinct! That would mess me up so much! I normally use a UNIX layout, which has the most used keys on a UNIX CLI if different places (tilde/back tick, control, caps lock and escape). It will be hard to break the UNIX habit since just about all computers up to the IBM 5150 had the control key in the right place. Yep, even my Apple ][ and Apple /// had it right, but later felt the pressure from the luser community to follow the home PC.

Oh well . . . I guess us dinosaurs will eventually become extinct!

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