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Re: I Built a Keyboard

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, RS Wood wrote:

> On 2014-10-19, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>> http://www.davecooper.org/blog/2014/10/15/i-built-a-keyboard/
>>    There's a really simple answer to what motivated me to do this. I
>>    wanted to see if I was capable of doing it. I'd never designed
>>    anything before, dealt with manufacturing companies, sourced
>>    materials like the ones I used, or wired something like this up
>>    before. From a glance it seemed to me like I would be able to do it
>>    with a solid amount of effort so I decided to go for it. To me,
>>    this was a hobby project, and hobby projects can run some people up
>>    into the thousands (think high end RC cars or models) so this was
>>    financially feasible for me to pursue.
>>
> This looks like it was a lot of work, and a lot of fun, and pretty
> darned educational, too.  I'm impressed and a little bit jealous!  As
> for the question, "why even bother?" any self-respecting nerd knows the
> answer to that one.
>
Of course, the real trick is to take an old typewriter, add microswitches 
to all the keys, and then you have a real manual typewriter feel to your 
keyboard.

   Michael

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I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-19 13:50 +0000
  Re: I Built a Keyboard whiskers@sleepy.cat - 2014-10-19 15:28 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-19 14:38 -0400
  Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-20 18:53 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 16:09 -0400
      Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 00:42 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 22:13 -0400
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 10:43 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-21 17:07 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-21 17:42 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-21 23:20 +0000
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-22 14:23 +0100
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-23 14:22 +0100
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-23 14:03 -0400
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-23 22:03 +0200
              Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-24 15:44 -0400

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