A Packard Bell mechanical? Well done. Impressive even
Ah, the beige years.
The early naughts were a little more aesthetic.
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.
The adverts were just as cool.
I grew up with that keyboard lol
Edit:actually not quite. Mine was older. Didn’t have a windows key etc
I had to get a new keyboard, and I just wanted a basic black or beige one. The internet really wanted to sell me one that lights up and has a bunch of extra keys. I don’t need or want that. Just a basic tool with all the keys, thank you.
Nice, but definitely needs a cleaning
Everything does honestly. I have unmedicated adhd I think. Been meaning to take some wipes to it.
I always love seeing old keyboards with the pen groove along the top.
It’s what I miss the most
Looks like it’s based on the IBM Model M. Used ones go for a couple hundred on ebay. The key feel, click and travel are very satisfying if noisy to type on.
Wow, I’d totally forgotten about PB. I seem to recall they were on the low end of the PC clone market but I could be misremembering. I can’t seem to find my Computer Shopper catalog right now to check. I dig that huge Enter key but it’s a shame this came with the utterly useless Windows keys and what I guess is a “menu” key. I’ve never used either but then I’ve used Linux exclusively since the aughts and OS/2 before that. My M$ “Natural” keyboard wastes space on these keys too. This specimen is going to look great when it’s cleaned up. Hope you can find a pen or a pencil to put in that little trench just for show.
mechanical keyboard communities on lemmy may help here. There are loads of really old, forgotten keyboards that are early or pre rubber dome where the quality is vastly superior.
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.
I’m pretty certain the family computer used this keyboard, in my youth; you’re definitely right that it’s great.
I have the same one its great.
I’m generally not a fan of the oversized Enter key, but this is beautiful and I’d use the hell out of it
Oh man. I’ve been looking for that for decades now. Too bad the backlash is in a dumb spot.
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.
Does it weigh a ton and have mighty ClIcKs that wake up the dead? If so, good find!
Weight and dopamine releasing clicks are the best.
L-shaped Enter key master race.
We always called them a BAE (Big Ass Enter)
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.
Yeah that’s dirty and messed up, but l-shaped enter key is ughhshahhhhhhdhhshhhhdhhfh mmmmmmm yesss
I usually disable right shift because I accidentally keep pressing it while hitting enter making it shift enter
More of a J shape tho
Ewwww
