deskthority

okay guys don't get too excited about typewriters by "typewriter" I mean the first "computers" that were actually little more than typewriters

Ah! Then the name is obvious! MT3 Teletype.

Wordsmith is not bad, a little too generic prolly

Pro Type or Pro Typist is another option

nothing special anyway

MT3 Teletype does sound pretty good. It encapsulates the purpose of those early keyboards perfectly.

MT3 TTY then

matt3o wrote: MT3 TTY then

Gives me tingles!

"tty" turns me on, marketing won't like it...

even better:

Then let's go all the way in: the

/dev/ttyMT3

or

/dev/mt3TTY

keyset

let's kill mt3. /dev/tty is the coolest keycap set name ever

../../../.mt3.tty

Heh or maybe even more: /dev/mt3/sa/pbt/tty - it's actually "readable"

SA?! SA?! Are you serious?!

Globbing may help "**/tty"

matt3o wrote: SA?! SA?! Are you serious?!

/dev/

probably the easiest to market is simply "Teletyp3"

matt3o wrote: let's kill mt3. /dev/tty is the coolest keycap set name ever

It sounds cool, but I would miss the "3" in it. Common, we gotta give credit where credit is due... and it's due to you, sir!

There should be a catchy name for the PROFILE and a nice name for the COLOR SCHEME

short 2-3 letter names for profiles are great. OEM, GMK, SA, DCS ... mt3 ?

and then a 1-2 word name for the color scheme ... carbon, pulse, hyperfuse, troubled minds, classic retro ... tty ?

yes, that would be the idea.

As of now I've been able to sell MT3 as profile name and /DEV/TTY as color scheme

How about the name of a terminal? Like vt100, for example?

Somewhat related, would it be possible to have, as extras, a few "Vim" keys? By that, I mean that the keys h, j, k, l would have an arrow either above, or underneath, similar to these:



My point here is that a keyset oriented to "the past" could benefit from extras connected to the same theme.

this would be a not-final shot of the base kit



I still need to fix a few things. The colors are just to give you an idea.

I would like to add some novelty keys. "vim" keys sounds like a good idea. I was also thinking some retro flavored "INS MODE" and the like.

Cool

I like it. What typeface are you going with?

minerva
or Artemis
- god of wisdom IIRC

Dont forget the most important vim features "Ex mode" and "Replace mode"

codemonkeymike wrote: Dont forget the most important vim features "Ex mode" and "Replace mode"

Sounds more like relation issues

more options

R4 and R5 Capslock keys in various sizes is really hardcore ...

I mean i know that's era accurate but ... do you really think people will use them?

I say... let's aim for the sky! If cost is too high we can always remove keys.

You know what I am going to ask for next

language kit?