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Happy 40th (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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HX-40 with SA Teletype, I just adore SA, especially ifnits green

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[–] [S] 11 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Today is international 40s day, the day to celebrate 40% keyboards, even if this one is closer to a 45%

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Do we celebrate with wrist braces or some other therapy for repetitive cramped typing injuries?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (5 children)

    Is that anti SA as the spacing on this keyboard is identical to a full size.

    SA you have to have hover hands, which you are meant to do any way.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Not anti SA per se, but I learned to type on a Commodore 64 as a kid and recently got the C64 Ultimate, so the clunkiness of the experience is just fresh. This is a lower profile than the Commodore 64 though, so probably not as bad.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah SA is a little shorter than C64 keycaps, this set is all R3 so its shorter than standard mixed profile SA for the other rows.

    How you finding the Ultimate? I really fancy one but I am not sure how much I would use it.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It was definitely a nostalgia purchase. If I ended up doing any development for it, I'd still probably emulate and transfer files to it. But I never did anything more than play games on it as a kid, so there would be a time sink and learning curve if I wanted to do more with it.

    I've been showing it off in my makerspace to the college students who weren't alive in the 80s (or 90s). All the new features are welcome additions — USB, HDMI, WiFi, etc. And there are some modern chiptune applications included.

    I've vindicated my childhood by discovering that the games that were difficult and confusing back then still are, and maybe some of them were just poorly designed in the first place.

    I still love the soundtrack to Rock N Bolt and a good playthrough of River Raid though.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I would be in the same boat. I picked up a clockwork pi as a toy but never with the intention of learning to program it directly, despite me having a passing understanding of python. Always with the intention of sticking in an upgraded board so I can run linux on it. I like the idea of being able to program on a retro device, but the reality is just too painful.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I've been doing some simple python scripts on a raspberry pi 5 that I'm currently using for a cyberdeck project (designing a printable bigger case for a 65% Bluetooth gaming keyboard and shoving the pi and other devices into a 3D printed skull that will mount on the keyboard case), but even then I at least plug the pi into a full screen rather than use the 7" display I have for it when I'm actually working on it. The 65% isn't bad though. Even came with a wrist pad.

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