I’m just a newb when it comes to high grade keyboards, but these things look wild, and I kind of want to try one.

  • Flying Squid
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    92 months ago

    Wasn’t the whole idea to minimize the amount of times your typewriter seized up? Happened often enough with QWERTY keyboards when it came to the cheap typewriters. Yes, I’m old.

    • @over_clox
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      172 months ago

      That is why the letters are all in a funny order, but that’s not why the keys were staggered. They were staggered because of the mechanical linkages underneath the keys, so the linkages could be made straight rather than having to bend around other keys in the way.