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Hey, old computer nerds! The IBM RT workstation: what was its default/standard/commonest keyboard? Was it a Model M?
Or, even better, does anybody happen to know what model keyboard the IBM RTs in the #MIT Student Center 5th floor Athena cluster had back in the 1990s?
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Hey, old computer nerds! The IBM RT workstation: what was its default/standard/commonest keyboard? Was it a Model M?
Or, even better, does anybody happen to know what model keyboard the IBM RTs in the #MIT Student Center 5th floor Athena cluster had back in the 1990s?
Why I'm asking: my next question is "This here ergonomic keyboard vendor is asking me which kind of switch I want in my keyboard so I would like to know which of these available switches is most like those in the keyboards on the IBM RTs in the MIT Student Center Athena cluster in 1990."
I am sufficiently disabled that going to a store to try out keyboards is not feasible, so I need to order online without trying. Also, I have spent the last thirty-five years feeling disappointed in pretty much all keyboards that they didn't have the feel of MIT's old Athena cluster RTs, so I figure I should finally learn enough about them to get knowledgeably snobby about available keyboard switches. Step 1 is, clearly, identifying which keyboard they were.
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@stefano The people who demand moar powerrrr really need to drop their current workstation for a 266MHz Pentium 2 with 32MB RAM and a 5400 RPM hard drive.
That will force them to design better code. Or pick a different career field altogether. 馃ぃ
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I have an apology to issue. Yesterday, I called out a few large, open-registration instances (mastodon.social, vivaldi.net, and mas.to).
I was ticked off because (once again) a blatant Nazi troll account sent me (and several other folx) swastika photos and hate-speech.
I'm not apologizing for calling out large, open-signup instances. I stand by every word I said. But there's something I *didn't* say, and that's what I believe I owe an apology for.
When you have as many followers as I do, it's easy to start a dogpile鈥攅ven unintentionally鈥攁nd because of this, I always try to include a "be kind, don't attack folx" message when I rant about something. Yesterday I forgot to do that, and some mods and admins caught shit for it. It was my responsibility to anticipate my (sometimes overly) enthusiastic followers' reactions and head that off, and I failed to.
If you were one of the people yesterday who sent reports or messages that attacked *any* of the moderation team members of those servers, I would love it if you'd apologize to them. They're all volunteers, just like me, doing their best with what they've got. It's on all of us to make Fedi a safe space for each other.
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