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Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by jonathanstrange on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:11AM (#26177638)
I have an Unicomp but right now use a Pok3r to save desk space. Both are fine mechanical keyboards. I like the programmability of the Pok3r.

Unfortunately, I've realized that I really want a tenkeyless. The Unicomp is too large and the Pok3r too small. Does anybody know an affordable mechanical tenkeyless where Capslock and Ctrl is or can be switched in the hardware?

Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by manyxcxi on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:45AM (#26178306)
I went with a Filco Ninja Majestouch TKL about four years ago and I’ve loved it. I needed ten keyless because my new under desk keyboard/mouse tray setup wasn’t really wide enough for a super wide keyboard.

You can choose the switch type you want to run with it as well, I’ve been running Cherry MX Blues, I think Black, Brown, and Red are also offered.

It’s a Windows keyboard so I swapped some keycaps and did some OS rebinding for Mac but I’ve loved it. I don’t know if they offer a Mac version yet or not.

It wasn’t cheap, but it wasn’t as expensive as my Das Keyboard I was moving from- which I had to replace after two years as it was fritzing out and the USB hub in it stopped working.

Here’s a link to a review I just found of it as it gives more detail. The reviewed version isn’t TKL though.

https://www.samkear.com/hardware/filco-majestouch-2-ninja-me...

Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by mprovost on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:31AM (#26177773)
Check out the Happy Hacking keyboard [0]. It's got a great layout - Ctrl to the left of A. They're really well made in Japan. The Classic model isn't super expensive, I wouldn't pay extra for the "Professional".

[0] https://www.hhkeyboard.com/uk/products/classic/

Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by Tsiklon on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:40AM (#26178274)
HHKB is a great keyboard (it's my personal choice of keyboard too, I love the Unix layout), but it's a 60% keyboard not a Ten Keyless, it sounds like the GP has a need for function keys.
Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by jonathanstrange on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:00AM (#26179289)
Yep, function keys and mostly also the arrow keys. A full keyboard is too large but I need the extra arrow keys. (Ironically, I work in Emacs most of the time but I need the arrow keys in other applications.)
Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by mprovost on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:03AM (#26181449)
I just noticed that they've taken the arrow keys off the HHKB! It always had an inverted T.
Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by fratajcz on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:59PM (#26184663)
The japanese layout HHKB does have arrow keys, but the original (QWERTY) design never had them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/36n5cl...

Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by mfritsche on Saturday February 20, 2021 @02:12AM (#26202268)
Look for kmonad on GitHub - it's not hardware, but works well on (at least) linux, where I am using it.
Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by bllguo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:37AM (#26178258)
leopold fc750r, you can swap caps/left ctrl with the dip switches
Re:New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spri... by jonathanstrange on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:43AM (#26179148)
That looks perfect! Exactly what I need. Thanks!