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Datamancer RIP
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 16:18
by webwit
Steampunk keyboard artist Datamancer is no more.
http://boingboing.net/2013/11/26/rip-ri ... er-na.html
IBM Model M15 steampunked by Datamancer:
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 16:25
by Muirium
Whoah! As in fabulous work and terrible news.
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 18:55
by ImClueless
I heard this a couple of days ago. How much did the family get for his last board that they put on eBay?
Edit: Found it. It went for over $1300 shipped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datamancer-Barr ... 1c397c23e9
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 19:43
by Findecanor
Sad to hear. Even though I have never been interested in steampunk, his steampunk keyboards got me interested in finding out more about keyboard modding ... and that nudge is what made me find Geekhack and the keyboard collecting/modding/building community which I fell deeply into, and then Deskthority.
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 20:32
by hoggy
I've often enjoyed surfing through images of his keyboards. Sad news.
Posted: 09 Dec 2013, 21:32
by Half-Saint
Worry not, the Chinese have taken over making them...