Space-cadet keyboard

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Space Cadet

Keyswitches	Micro Switch SD Series
Keycaps	Spherical

The Space-Cadet keyboard is a keyboard used on MIT Lisp machines. It is known as the holy grail of keyboards.

It was designed by John L. Kulp ("JLK") <ref>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mietek/mit-cadr-system-software/master/src/lmdoc/kbdpro.3</ref><ref>https://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg02212.html</ref>, for the Plasma Fusion display system as well as the CADR Lisp machine.<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2191014</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140313024156/http://home.comcast.net/~mmcm/kbd/SpaceCadet.html</ref> It drew heavily on the Knight keyboard.

The space-cadet keyboard in use with a Lisp machine.

External links

• Deskthority — Space Cadet keyboard and LMI-CADR Lisp Machine Keyboard
• Wikipedia — The Space Cadet keyboard
• The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island, Inc. — Gallery of Space-Cadet with white case
• Flickr — Gallery of Space-Cadet with black case
• MMcM's USB conversion (thread on DT) — 80s keyboard party

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