26 Sep
2012
26 Sep
'12
1:14 p.m.
On 9/26/2012 12:09 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
There is this whole strange keyboard hacking hobby scene. They are after
certain keyswitches to re-use. That's why they want pictures. Older
Cherry and Dolch keyboards sell for silly money on ebay to this crowd.
They actually build whole new keyboards with the 'vintage' keyswitches.
If you think the people that love their old IBM keyboards are fanatical
these guys will blow your mind. They are really into keyboard like
nobody else. Little scary really.
Here's and example. http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35642.0
And relative to a recent thread, YES he does
collect keyboards ;)
They take up a lot less room if you just keep the
"Enter" key from each
keyboard, and throw away the rest! (and just the hood ornament from each
car!)