What does HackerNews think of bucklespring?

For an open source alternative, try Bucklyspring: it runs on linux, mac and windows. All Klack's marketing lingo even applies as well: High fidelity sound, Immersive spatial audio, Instant type feedback, Up/down keystrokes.

Debian/ubuntu users: sudo apt install bucklespring all others: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

More clicky: <https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring>

Combine it with Bucklespring (https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring) and it gets even better.

For the opposite effect, install `bucklespring` to enjoy an authentic classic clacking on any keyboard (most convenient on GNU/Linux, packaged for the biggest distros).

“This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the [heck] out of my coworkers.

Bucklespring runs as a background process and plays back the sound of each key pressed and released on your keyboard, just as if you were using an IBM Model-M. The sound of each key has carefully been sampled, and is played back while simulating the proper distance and direction for a realistic 3D sound palette of pure nostalgic bliss” — https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

Around 12 years ago, I bought a used Model M. It uses a slightly different technique for registering keypresses but looks about the same on the inside as the Model F. It worked great. After 3 days, I decided to clean it up and open it. I then quickly destroyed it by using a bit too much water during the cleaning. It got into the plastic tubes with the springs [0] and that was the end of most of the keys. I tried drying it with a hairdryer, but without success. The black plastic visible on the image is attached to the board by melted plastic joints, so removing it without destroying it is not possible. Congratulations to the author for not making the same stupid mistake as me.

Of course, you can still experience the clickiness of the Model M without owning one with the great emulator [1]. It's available on Debian and Ubuntu dev-releases:

  sudo apt-get install bucklespring

[0] https://blog.opsdisk.com/images/keyboard/preclean.jpg

[1] https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

I can't help to just keep blatantly reposting this for each and every HN article about buckle spring keyboards:

https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

"This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the hell out of my coworkers."

Enjoy!

For Linux, there is also the famous IBM Model M simulator: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

Using it with my Cherry MX Blues is an almost symphonic typing experience.

Yesss, another Model-M post, this always allows me to shamelessly promote one of my pet projects: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

"This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the hell out of my coworkers."

For those who are not old enough to remember this: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring