I’ve had two days in a row where I got to nerd out over stuff with people. Let’s get some of that going for everyone else.

  • roux [he/him, they/them]
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    10 months ago

    The leetsauce 60% comment twas just a joke. Def don't sacrifice what is functional to you for a tiny keyboard lol.

    There are some mods/hacks that people have done that add the Thinkpad red nipple to boards and not gonna lie but I think that shit is super dope. It's up there with some of the touchpad builds out there

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      10 months ago

      Oh ok c:

      There were/are also IBM and Unicomp Model Ms with the lil red nipple which were/are super dope. Dream item, expemsive shit tho...

      • roux [he/him, they/them]
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        10 months ago

        Maybe I'm not as knowledgeable as I claim. I looked up Unicomp and have seen them in passing but thought they were retro Cherry boards because of the black chassis. Had no idea they are still making keyboards with pointers outside of Thinkpads and the hobbyspace.

        • ashinadash [she/her]
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          10 months ago

          Catastrophic buckling spring switches pineapple-cool Unicomp bought the original blueprints and such, pretty rad.

          • roux [he/him, they/them]
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            10 months ago

            I was wondering if that was a thing. I know buckling springs are super hard to come by which is part of the appeal of the Model M, but yeah, no shit, that's cool as fuck.