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

[Stephen Conley]

If anyone is curious, the pricing goes from about $170 - $200-ish based on
currently available options (a lot of options are out of stock).

I'm mighty tempted though I think if I was going to spend that much, I'd
want to go all the way -- I'll wait til more options are back in stock.  I
also orderd a Sun Type 6 and Type 7 keyboard new in box which sounds like a
terrible idea but it's been like 15-ish years since I tried one and was
able to get some at a reasonable price.  I decided the type 5 + dongle is
more than I (personally) want to deal with.  I'll give them another go and
if I still hate 'em I will offer them for price of shipping to the list in
case anyone else wants to give them a try :)


On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 1:12 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The wasdkeyboards.com keyboards look nice, I especially like the ability
> to
> choose colors for each keycap, though no pricing is available on the
> website.
>
> They also offer a fascinating item, a key switch 'sampler', with 9
> different
> key switch models and a variety of different o-rings to try out and decide
> which you like best...
>
> https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/wasd-9-key-cherry-mx-switch-tester.html
>
> Ken
>
> > On Jun 9, 2021, at 12:27, Doug McIntyre <merlyn at geeks.org> wrote:
> >
> > o;?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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