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This massive 173% mechanical keyboard is a tribute to the classic space-cadet keyboard (www.techspot.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by cm0002 to c/[email protected]

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[–] glimse 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not a keyboard expert but I thought the % had to do with the size of the keys themselves, no?

[–] tankplanker 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Not within the hobby, it's the number of keys. However, it's not super accurate percentages. Most 40% keyboards are closer to 50% keyboards by number of keys, especially ortholinear ones.

Key cap size is measured in u, with a normal letter being 1u, large space bar 7u, tab being 1.5u and so on.

[–] glimse 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh, well thanks for the correction! I've seen things like "tenkeyless 90%" on a description and assumed they referred to different things.

Come to think of it....tenkeyless means no numpad...but there's 11-17 keys on a numpad...not 10...

[–] tankplanker 2 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, that sort of contradiction is common in the hobby, but ten keyless is indeed no numpad, operators, and all.