i am tempted so strongly to build a FOSS laptop, with either an ARM or RISCV processor, and a model f ssk. you can buy brand new model f’s from modelfkeyboards.com, but they’re like $400.
it would be so dope to build something like that, with maybe a 3d-printed case, but i can’t justify that sort-of investment on a whim, lol.
please, help me justify a very, very poor financial decision.
firstly, i greatly appreciate the offer, and thank you for it, but i use a model m every day, and have another “awaiting repairs” in my basement – send it to someone who needs it! start a thread!
secondly, i use a coreboot’d thinkpad already. i want something heaver, jankier, and more “starts a conversation with CS-students”. adding a 4g modem with a gigantic antenna (like i have laying around) would be even funnier.
i want to build something that i bring to class one day, people lose their shit, and then people just get used to it.
In this case I think you need an MIT Space Cadet keyboard (try web search), not a model F.
Added: OMG. https://www.techspot.com/news/106659-massive-173-mechanical-keyboard-tribute-classic-space-cadet.html
oh god… that’s even more expensive. but my life will never be complete without it…
you motherfucker.
There are a lot of keyboards out there inspired by the Space Cadet. You can probably spend a while picking one out. There are even some original ones still in circulation.