Cherry’s new mechanical switch hails from ’80s terminal keyboards Nicknamed Nixies, they're like MX Blacks, but stiffer and, purportedly, smoother. Scharon Harding – Nov 4, 2022 2:50 pm | 109 ...

This Soroc line of terminals was popular with early personal computer users due to its relatively low cost ($995 for the IQ-120, for example). Both were monochrome with 80x24 character capabilities.

Modern hardware transforms this 80s typewriter into a Linux terminal and ASCII art ... and the next step will be to hook up a keyboard to the Arduino so he doesn't have to use another computer to ...