pabloescobyte OP t1_j99b6wd wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:06 AM

Reply to comment by Chicken_McNublets in 50s Day is Every Day for me, just like 40s Day. by pabloescobyte

You're welcome. Hope it helps give you some ideas!

pabloescobyte OP t1_j98zk27 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 4:08 AM

Reply to comment by samvvell in 50s Day is Every Day for me, just like 40s Day. by pabloescobyte

Thank you! Hope it helps convert some people to Ortho and 40%s as well!

pabloescobyte t1_j98v0js wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:28 AM

Reply to Happy 50's Day by Mandydeth

I'll take one of each please! Love my Preonic to death though I'd gladly take that bottom one off your hands if it was ever for sale...

pabloescobyte OP t1_j98t2cl wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:12 AM

Reply to comment by EazeeP in 50s Day is Every Day for me, just like 40s Day. by pabloescobyte

They get smaller the further down the rabbit hole you get lol.

pabloescobyte OP t1_j98ookm wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:35 AM

Reply to 50s Day is Every Day for me, just like 40s Day. by pabloescobyte

MiniVan with 78g Zilents up top, Preonic with Gateron Yellows at bottom.

Having found the perfect keymap that worked for me with my MiniVan, jumping to Ortho was much, much easier than going to a 40% from a larger keyboard.

Despite the Preonic having one extra row I've kept my layout largely the same from the MiniVan.

F-key row is RSPACEBAR+ZXCVB row (F1) with UpArrow, Forward Slash and Colon as F10, F11 and F12 respectively.

Numbers are RSPACEBAR+ASDF (1-0)

Shifted symbols are on RSPACEBAR+QWERTY (Q=!, W=@, etc)

I went with two 2U spacebars as I find it more comfortable to use that way. Left SPACEBAR is just a regular spacebar, right SPACEBAR is Tap-Mod and doubles as a FN-key/layer toggle.

The first mod to the right of RSPACEBAR is a layer toggle for an embedded Numpad layer under QWE/ASD/ZXC with the surrounding keys mirroring a Numpad.

FWD SLASH uses Tap Dance so it's Backslash when tapped twice. The COLON is my ENTER key, CAPSLOCK+ENTER is SEMICOLON. The TILDE/BACKTICK key is UNDERSCORE and TILDE when double tapped (I spend a lot of time in the Terminal and Linux in general).

CAPSLOCK+Q/E is Home/End, CAPSLOCK+T/G is PgUp/PgDn, CAPSLOCK+Y/H/M is VolUp/VolDn/Mute

I write a lot of code so CAPSLOCK+U/I/J/K/M/, are the paired braces {} respectively with CAPSLOCK+O/P/L/' are _+-=

I switch the default layout back and forth when I'm on my mac and when I'm in Windows/Linux.

The only thing different is that I use Home Row mods on mac OS and the modifiers as swapped over. Also Home/End on the Mac I have it mapped to COMMAND+LEFTARROW/RIGHTARROW since that's how it is on the mac and I have LSPACE+ESC is COMMAND+BACKTICK so I can swap open windows quickly.

pabloescobyte t1_j93vsnk wrote on February 19, 2023 at 1:17 AM

Reply to I've fallen down the rabbit hole a bit browsing this sub. by ramenandsuch

And thus the keyboard circlejerk is complete!

pabloescobyte t1_j8wf818 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 1:02 PM

Reply to my cereal :D by kaythethrowaway

Follow your nose! I like it. Wish the backtick/tilde key was white to keep it uniform though. Looks fantastic either way though don't get me wrong.

pabloescobyte t1_j8tyh1z wrote on February 16, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Reply to Vortex PC66 x CRP by CursedFroggo

Best looking Vortex keyboard yet! Too bad no buckling spring.

pabloescobyte t1_j8plq00 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 1:06 AM

Reply to comment by Jamiesaville96 in My Model M and my KBT PC66 by Jamiesaville96

Mostly Group Buy and custom boards around here. Vortex used to be super big a long while ago but the market is much more saturated now. I mean even Model M and buckling spring boards are few and far between these days--usually bigger crowd at GeekHack.

pabloescobyte t1_j8p2cap wrote on February 15, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Reply to My Model M and my KBT PC66 by Jamiesaville96

These look great though I'd take a Model M over a modern keyboard any day. The PC66 is a beautiful design though too bad it's not that popular around here.