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> If I can build an ultimate keyboard, I would say a combination of the capacitive buckling spring of the Model F + the modern layout of the Model M + Windows/C
by jsnell 8y ago
> If I can build an ultimate keyboard, I would say a combination of the capacitive buckling spring of the Model F + the modern layout of the Model M + Windows/Command key. Alas, no such product exists and I think the benefits of the modern Model M layout supersedes the slight benefit of the capacitive buckling spring.
There's a company at least claiming to do that (but I don't know how true to the original these capacitive switches actually are): https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/ https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/
Ordering seems to have closed yesterday, but given it's a weekend, maybe you can still sneak one in?
- yeokm1 8y agoI did mention it at the end of my blog post. "A small fun fact is that a guy is intending to remake the Model F keyboards, you can check out his site here. Hope you look at your keyboards differently from now!" The issue is that I want my full size layout like the Model M and modern keyboards. He does not seem to be making that version.
- rplst8 8y agoI think Unicomp makes what you want. http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI0P4A http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI0P4A Or http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI044A http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI044A
- ubercow13 8y agoUnicomp makes model M type keyboards, and they don't use capacitive buckling springs, so it's not quite the same thing.
- rplst8 8y agoAh. I missed the capacitive part. That said, from what I've read, the difference between the capacitive buckling springs and the membrane buckling springs is negligible. I used a Model M for years, and it was fantastic to type on.
- CarVac 8y agoI've met the guy at keyboard meetups and tried his prototypes. They feel exactly like a real Model F (or at least as exactly as you can get to inconsistent-due-to-incredible age keyboards). You can keep ordering until you can't; it's an illusory deadline.