[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Doug McIntyre]

Oh, but you can pay $299 for a single-digit serial #.

If you like that layout, what I've moved to is from wasdkeyboards.com.
I have a Unix/Mac layout that I custom did the keycap printing on.
That otherwise looks very similar to a type-5. Mechanical keyswitches
instead of dome switches (which always felt a bit soft for me, (but
apparently I like really stiff mechanical keyswitches anyway, I still
have my Northgate Omnikey+ keyboard).

Main difference is the back tick is on the left not right, and escape
is up higher, which I don't mind too much. On the Type-5 Unix I'd
frequently mash other buttons with ESC where it was. (much like typing
on the HP PA Programmers keyboard, constant other button mashing for me, 
must be for small hands). 

I think the price is affordable. I'm not overly enamored with buckling spring keyswitchs.

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 12:09:21PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> If you click thru to options you can order one of several key layouts (HHKB
> and a couple others) & styles (unprinted or printed key caps in various
> colors).
> 
> At $400, a bit steep, but I'm certain there's a market for that type of thing.
> I did chuckle at the opportunity to pay 10% more ($39) for a "low serial
> number" keyboard!
> 
> Ken
> 
> > On Jun 9, 2021, at 04:25, Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org> wrote:
> >
> > o;?Hi!
> >
> > Tuning in late ...
> >
> > I was going to suggest looking at https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/ (the
> > keyboard has a HHKB-style Split right shift and split backspace layout
> > that is a reasonable replica of the Unix layout sans special keys down
> > the left (on a Type5)). It's a left of field suggestion and the sticker
> > price is /high/, but it's solid enough to outlast a lifetime of typing.
> >
> >> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 14:43:23 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >>  The tech side is easy.  The plastics and mass production parts are
> >> hard.  Since some unnamed orange person Made Manufacturing
> >
> > It should be noted that the keyboard above was a "hobby project"
> > started by 'Ellipse'. Took ~5 years so it's not an easy thing (and the
> > manufacturing was done in China), but it's not impossible.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/)
> >
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