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[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago

I got mine free, from a bunch of stuff our company IT was throwing out because it was too old. That was over a decade ago, and it’s still the best keyboard I’ve ever had.

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm generally not a fan of the oversized Enter key, but this is beautiful and I'd use the hell out of it

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh man. I've been looking for that for decades now. Too bad the backlash is in a dumb spot.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I grew up with that keyboard lol

Edit:actually not quite. Mine was older. Didn't have a windows key etc

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The early naughts were a little more aesthetic.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Not an apple fan but this is the only aesthetic tech should have. Transparent plastic everything. I yearned for the clamshell PowerBook g3 as a kid. Still do.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 hours ago

Omgggggg I want fucking all the keys: gimme Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, a whole number keypad. Pleeeeease. Especially now that laptops are big enough. Come on.

[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nice, but definitely needs a cleaning

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Everything does honestly. I have unmedicated adhd I think. Been meaning to take some wipes to it.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 14 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

L-shaped Enter key master race.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

More of a J shape tho

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah, fuck that shape. Look what they did to my boy Right Shift. I'm glad L-shaped Enter keys died out in the mid 90s.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah that's dirty and messed up, but l-shaped enter key is ughhshahhhhhhdhhshhhhdhhfh mmmmmmm yesss

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 43 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Does it weigh a ton and have mighty ClIcKs that wake up the dead? If so, good find!

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 19 points 19 hours ago

Weight and dopamine releasing clicks are the best.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 19 hours ago (10 children)

How do you connect it to your computer? I have a big old keyboard but it's from before there were PS2 ports so I don't know what to do with it.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Parallel port ftw

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 47 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’m dirt poor so all of my tech is ancient.

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 15 hours ago

Damn, I see a firewire port on there too!

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Many/most of them can just use a DIN to PS/2 and then if needed a PS/s to USB adapter. Unless you have one of the more exotic old connectors (SDL, ADB, etc), that is usually all it takes.

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

I have a few ADB-> USB adapters in a drawer somewhere if anyone needs one

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

There's a couple options from before the ps2 standard, but I'd guess it's a 5-pin DIN connector on an AT keyboard (e.g. IBM model M). You'll need to know more about the keyboard to make a determination, but you might get lucky with a passive adapter to PS2 and chain to USB. Before the ps2 standard, there was more variety between manufacturers in both signaling and connectors.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's probably a DIN plug. They made DIN to PS2 adapters

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 18 hours ago

Pretty sure there's also DIN to USB

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

My newest computer (custom mini-ITX with an AMD 5700X3D, 64 GB RAM, Radeon 9070XT, 4 TB NVME, etc.) is still compatible with the keyboard from my first computer (a Tandy 1000 RLX HD with an Intel 80286, 1 MB RAM, VGA graphics, 20 MB HDD). Manufactured three decades apart, but they both have PS/2 ports!

I still have that Tandy keyboard; I should dust it off and plug it in.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If it's a model M there's a guy on eBay that sells a model M USB cable.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I believe Packard Bell boards of that era are BTC-made rubber dome.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

And the person I replied to said he had an old keyboard that predates the PS2 keyboard port. Hence me mentioning that there's an adapter cable for the model m, just in case that's what the person I replied to has.

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[–] dumbass@quokk.au 5 points 16 hours ago

I had one of these when I was a kid, it's good to see an old friend again!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I have two of its older siblings. Both having an older design, one US layout with the bigass enter key and no winkeys, one HU ISO layout with winkeys.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I hope those aren't pubs up there on the right

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Ohhhh I know these. Btc dome with slider switches, I've kind of wanted one of these for a while now. They use cherry MX compatible keycaps

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Still has a windows key. Microsoft must have made some crazy OEM deal with keyboard manufacturers.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I dunno man. It’s no Northgate Omnikey.

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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

I’d say that’s a weird spot for the \ | key, but looking around, I think that’s one of the last keys on a 104 key keyboard to get standardized.

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't it super heavy as it contains a metal core? Or else it's another one from the same era.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

I don't know but I guess Packard Bell is way too modern to have heavy stuff inside.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 17 hours ago

Is it weird if I remember exactly how this feels?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago

If I didn’t have this exact keyboard as a kid, we had one nearly identical to it. So much IMing and gaming time on that keyboard. Nice find!

[–] kubok@fedia.io 3 points 17 hours ago

Dude! Congratulations! Mechanical?

As for the big ass enter key, when I bought my laptop, I specifically ordered it with ISO layout for my keyboard.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I have that exact one. It’s a membrane board, but not bad sounding. I love the Big Ass Enter key. I tried and failed to convert it to mechanical. Impossible to find a mechanical keyboard with a BAE, sadly.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 18 hours ago

Look into vintage ALPS boards like the Focus FK-2001.

[–] Beastly.gr@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What makes it perfect for you?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It goes clicky click in a nice way. It feels solid, my other keyboards are shitty dollar tree ones which have RGB for some reason.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

manly whistle

That's a damn fine lookin' keyboard right there!

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