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8BitDo has unveiled their Retro Mechanical Keyboard - an 87-key keyboard using Kailh Box White V2 switches (clicky, with an actuation-force of 45g), which is available in designs fashioned after the Nintendo Famicom, and its Western equivalent the Nintendo Entertainment System. It can be connected via USB, 2.4GHz wireless, or Bluetooth, and contains a 2000mAh lithium-ion battery with an estimated 200 hours of battery-life per charge, and a 4-hour recharging time.
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The Famicom-style version is somewhat reminiscent of the Family BASIC keyboard that was available for that console in the early 1980s, and, likewise, the NES-style version slightly resembles the never-released Nintendo Advanced Video System, which was a home-computer-styled NES prototype.
Aside from looking nice, they're both supplied with "Dual Super Buttons" - a separate device bearing two programmable keys that resemble oversized gamepad buttons. However, I'm unsure how or if these would be usable under Linux, as the official web-page only mentions compatibility with Microsoft Windows and Android, and it appears that the "PC" software for customising the functions of the keyboard is Windows-only.
Anyway, hopefully someone out there enjoys these!
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I'm not sure if it will be practical to get a motherboard with a PS/2 port so I might have to get a new one when I finally get around to upgrading. Last I checked you could still get boards with one PS/2 port (autodetecting keyboard or mouse for IRQ assignment) but that wasn't recently.
I hate cheap membrane keyboards. They make too many typing mistakes :-)
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Mushy membrane keyboards, 'chiclet keys', etc. etc., hurt my fingers after extensive use.
By the way, these 8bitdo keyboards appear to have mechanical switches as well.