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by bjoli 2100 days ago
I have an old IBM F122. A 122-key keyboard is pretty much peak keyboard when it comes to easily purchased commercial offerings. The smaller less sturdy sibling of the F122, the M122 (yes, M as in model M) can still be purchased relatively easy, but then you lose about a kilo of weight, nicer switches and N-key rollover. The prices for model F keyboards are bonkers today though.

Your option when it comes to a lot of keys (as the one posted here) is either to build it yourself or try to find some very specific offerings, maybe aimed at video production.
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JdeBP 2100 days ago
It's fairly easy to buy a "multimedia" European keyboard with 124 keys. It's somewhat harder, outwith Brazil, to get hold of a "multimidia" ABNT2 keyboard with 126 or more keys, but they are commercially available there, at least.

Here's one with 127 keys: https://mcinformatica.loja2.com.br/715631-Teclado-Multimidia...

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bjoli 2099 days ago
Of course! I was never a fan of those flimsy hard plastic keys, so I didn't include them in the peak keyboard. This is more my taste: https://i.redd.it/hkb7kvqpob431.jpg

There is a guy making "new" model F keyboards out there, and if he ever makes an f122 clone I will probably buy it, regardless of price.

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