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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳 
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
just dyed my hair red and plugged in my new keyboard then rebooted because turns out thats not an internal ps2 to usb adapter it cant hotplug its an actual ps2 port my keycodes are sent as actual kernel interrupts i COULD NOT be happier
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@coolbean been a while since i've ssen an actual ps2 port
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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks i am so pleased by this. i thought itd just hotplug but nope. no characters were showing up on my screen. had to reboot. so happy
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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks going back to a full sized keyboard is interesting. my actual keys are so far to the left i keep having to move my mousepad to make my right shoulder stop hurting
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@coolbean oh yeah. I learned that people have made open source replacements for the model f electronics, so now i have something i could base a custom capacitive keyboard on
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@coolbean omg what's the keyboard
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@coolbean @wire_witch the foam is fine? Nicee
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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks @wire_witch dude it was in ilke new condition still wrapped up in its original packaging. this fucking thing sat in a warehouse for some 30 odd years and then i bought it on ebay im still absolutely flabberghasted about it
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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks god a model f ssk style keyboard would go hard. i wish you the best on that quest personally i was pretty much considering giving up and just getting an f77 reproduction from modelfkeyboards
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@coolbean only the electronics are gonna be model f-ish. It will not even have springs as per my current plan
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toebeans ch. 🇨🇳
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks then what sort of capacitative switch DO you have in mind if i may ask? if not buckling spring would it be like foam and foil or maybe topre spring + dome?
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@coolbean basically like foam and foil. Plastic piece with something conductive glued to it. I wanted to use a magnet in the moving piece and a steel mounting plate to provide return force, i think that way it's gonna feel kinda like a tactile switch since once it breaks loose from the top piece the return force gets weaker
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