i have a Unicomp ps2 keyboard that I’ve been using for about 25 years that seems to be nearing the end of its service life. it gave me a scare a few years back so i bought a cherry mx board as a backup but the thing gave me doublestrikes all the time so that’s not a long-term solution for my next iteration. considering going for another unicomp since i like the chonkyness of it. i always think about a keyboard i encountered back in the 90s that had a special MACRO section onboard, and the old SIIG ALPS keyswitch keyboards. anyone used one of those new-fangled optical keyswitch boards?
Thanks, I looked through those ones on modelfkeyboards.com. Using the model M repro for so long has really made me appreciate the significant ‘border’ (by which the board can be easily handled without mashing keys), and I do so like the ctrl-alt gap without the ‘windows key’ (bleh) or the dead keys (bleh).
The keyboard mod community seems to love extreme spacesaver boards that just look like floating keyswitches but I’ve always sorta hated typing on those long-term since you can’t easily move the board around without mashing keys.