Re: GETF Speedup?

"David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com)" <[email protected]>
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I actually have on of those Unicomp keyboards, but it is just sitting on my shelf at the moment.

Why do you recommend it? Tactile feel? Programmability?



> On Oct 14, 2025, at 22:30, Syed Zaeem Hosain (as Syed dot Hosain at aeris dot net) <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > And the Kulp keyboards were definitely better than anything commercially available today. 
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> I have found a very good keyboard for my Mac systems ... not comparable to the Symbolics keyboards, but not bad. Check https://www.pckeyboard.com/ for info.
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> This new one is similar to my other favorite: the original IBM PC AT that had a stellar keyboard - I still have that keyboard for nostalgia, although it is unusable on any system I currently have.
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> BTW, some sites sell Symbolics keyboards, but the price is prohibitive ... over $1000 for refurbished ones the last time I looked 🙁.
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> > Sure, even SBCL would blow an XL-1200 away on Gabriel Benchmarks. But there’s a large difference between desiderata for development v. deployment.
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> Point taken. However, I believe I was far more productive developing on a Symbolics LM 3600, from 1983 to 1986, than anything I have used since. 
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> Z
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