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[Hedgehodg]

I've been looking around on this thread: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=19.360 and saw Paul Eres and Notch with Model M keyboards. The keyboard is so god damn awesome. Now I want one :D. The question is do you have one? and are they worth $120? :O

[Superb Joe]

god i know you guys love the 80s but is this really a thing?

[e_va]

they make clack clack noise and keeps the whole neighborhood of paterson, new jersey awake so please dont do it

[Superb Joe]

well, my normal keyboard works fine and is good and comfortable and doesnt sound like a machinegun and isnt made of yellowing plastic that looks like solidified urine and smells like an explosion at a chinese toy factory, but it just has no weepy eyed nostalgia value. think i might invest in a 286 while im at it.

[ThemsAllTook]

Best keyboard. Totally worth $120 in my opinion, though it seems likely you'd be able to find one for less.

A lot of newer keyboards have soft squishy keys, which drives me nuts. I don't know how people can stand using them.

[epcc]

whoa, i have one of these. never thought that they were so expensive.

[handCraftedRadio]

I think I saw a guy sell one of these on an episode of Pawn Stars.

[Eigen]

Keyboards (and other peripherals) have evolved for a reason. If not visually then ergonomically for sure. I remember those IMB monstrosities with beast of a keys that could wake a hibernating bear.

Why not use frickin' punch cards for programming because you know, that makes you really special and your game so much better as a result.

[Superb Joe]

what do you guys do with these keyboards other than play chips challenge and type really fast in the input box for the scrolling marquee screensaver to watch it catch up with the keystrokes

[i wanna be the guy]

have you ever heard paul eres type on that keyboard because i equate it to the sound your shelf of anime figures would make if an earthquake were happening

[moi]

have you ever heard of the "Paterson clacks"

[Paul Eres]

i got mine for $40 on ebay, clean and refurbished and working perfectly, so shop around, don't buy one for $120 if you can help it

also i would recommend this keyboard primarily to people who type fast. after you type at a certain speed (say, 100+ wpm) normal keyboards are just too slow, and you need a springy one. typing on those modern plastic keyboards at anything above 100 wpm is difficult

if you only type, say, 45 wpm, then the keyboard you use doesn't really matter

also it's not actually that loud, it only seems loud relative to other keyboards. but if you compare it to a typewriter it's much quieter (for those of us old enough to have used a typewriter)

[Netsu]

typing on those modern plastic keyboards at anything above 100 wpm is difficult

What exactly makes it difficult? I never used those keyboards so I don't really know the difference.

[Superb Joe]

ive done some independent research (by hitting the s key on my laptop repeatedly as if i were shooting a 90s arcade game boss in his glowing red weak spot (his ps/2 port)) and ive come to a conclusion: paul is wrong and stupid

[eyeliner]

also i would recommend this keyboard primarily to people who type fast. after you type at a certain speed (say, 100+ wpm) normal keyboards are just too slow, and you need a springy one. typing on those modern plastic keyboards at anything above 100 wpm is difficult

Is that a product of research or are you just sayin'? Because, I believe that a lot of productivity is wasted every single day in this world of ours and the peripheral manufacturers are stupid and greedy pigs that instead of providing us with better and more advanced products, scam us daily with byproducts assembled in China.

Thanks, Paul. Now I'll never believe those scum sucking filthy companies that make peripherals.