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Re: Mega65 – Open 8-Bit Computer

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Post by lloydatkinson » Sat, May 22, 2021, 9:29 PM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #10

ajuc wrote: post #8

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> key labelled "Help". I wish this had become part of standard keyboard layouts decades ago it was called F1

This sort of response is why people dislike techies. Arbitrary codes are how you get a priesthood, and that's not a good thing.

It’s exactly the kind of response you see on HN unfortunately

Re: Mega65 – Open 8-Bit Computer

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Post by lloydatkinson » Sat, May 22, 2021, 9:31 PM UTC

gorbachev wrote: post #27

rzzzt wrote: post #20

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I feel obligated to add a link to the space-cadet keyboard with its many, many modifier and command keys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard

The Hyper-7 is a spiritual successor to the Space Cadet keyboard: https://groupbuys.mechboards.co.uk/shop/hyper-7-keyboard-r3/ It's a beast.

Do any of those extra keys even work in today’s apps and OSs? What does the Call button even do? Are they essentially macro keys you have to program so they produce a series of keys?

Re: Mega65 – Open 8-Bit Computer

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Post by gorbachev » Sun, May 23, 2021, 12:19 AM UTC

lloydatkinson wrote: post #42

gorbachev wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Hyper-7 is a spiritual successor to the Space Cadet keyboard: https://groupbuys.mechboards.co.uk/shop/hyper-7-keyboard-r3/ It's a beast.

Do any of those extra keys even work in today’s apps and OSs? What does the Call button even do? Are they essentially macro keys you have to program so they produce a series of keys?

Yes, they're all really just macro keys. Hyper-7 runs on QMK, so you can make any one of those keys do more or less whatever you want.