/mkg/ - mechanical keyboards general

>>52416361
>le expensive rubberdomes meme

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How is the IBM Model M?
Is it comfy?
Good for typing?
Good for gaming?
What's good and bad about it, and what is everyone's opinion on it?

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hello placebofriends

abandon the topre meme, come back to mx browns.
>b-but muh clears

hhkb general?

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>>52416361

>How is the IBM Model M?

A great board.

>Is it comfy?

Very. The sound and feel of buckling springs is the best.

>Good for typing?

Absolutely.

>Good for gaming?

Less than ideal. Has some rollover issues. Never came up when I was using it, but depending on the game it could be a big issues.

>What's good and bad about it, and what is everyone's opinion on it?

It is fucking GIGANTIC. So much extra unused space on the case it is annoying. Lack of customization options like keycaps/cases too.

Not to mention the number of available layouts is limited.

>>52416403
>Is it comfy?
no
>Good for typing?
no
>Good for gaming?
no
>What's good and bad about it, and what is everyone's opinion on it?
it's durable and clicks really loudly.

Corsair k70 rules the world

>>52416408
no fuck off, hhkb meme is reserved to the last thread.

stop convincing people to buy overpriced shit.

>>52416407
>flipped spacebar
>calling others out on placebo

>>52416413
This.
This mirrors my exact opinion on the model M. It really is a meme for kids who like to make maximum noise.
It's not a good keyboard.

>>52416427
it's free and feels nice to me, what's the problem?

flipped spacebar is not really comparable to topres.

Is the hhkb the meme of the week now?

>>52416496

>have light pointed at keyboard
>blank keys
>a random towel as a poor mans wrist rest

Disgusting.

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>>52416515
This has been going on for more than a week.

>>52416523
I like how you got the joke, but a towel is pretty much the best wrist rest you can get. I once had a griffiti wrist rest which I gave up on after two days in favor of the towel.

You can clean it, you can fold it to adjust the height, and it looks for nicer than some slab of silicone.

>inb4 paying 40 bucks for a slab of wood

>>52416414
>People buy the K70 with blues
Fucking disgusting.

I have a K95, anyone else find that some of the colors when using the whole array of colors are a bit gross-looking?

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>>52416403
There's absolutely no reason to get one unless you're a collector or just can't get over your nostalgia for IBM stuff.

If you absolutely must have buckling springs, just get a unicomp, they're way cheaper and "modernized" enough to work with newer hardware.

Still, you're better off getting a nice cherry MX board with greens if you really want that much acctuation pressure. Model M's take almost the same amount of pressure as MX green switches, so they're comparable in that sense, but they feel totally different, and they sound different too.

This is what the Model M sounds like:

https://youtu.be/HXJzmky2DaI?t=62

And this is what the cherry MX greens sound like:

https://youtu.be/ECK1Ym5V8Xw?t=52

>>52416496
>>52416514
>>52416551
welcome back, we made it a total of 11 minutes before the hhkb memespammers got here.

Honest opinion on CM Quickfire, brown switches, tenkeyless/backlight-free version?

Seems inexpensive and alright. If I replaced the caps, it might even look good.

>>52416425
We're helping people buy quality.

>>52416581
I actually feel angry listening to that video of the Model M when he starts typing with it.

I'd be so fucking mad if I had to listen to him type on that obnoxious piece of shit constantly. I'd just rip it out of the computer and murder him with it.

>>52416607
which version? there is the rapid, tk, stealth, etc.

assuming you're talking about the rapid it's pretty good really, but a lot of people will reccomend you a kul es-87 instead since it's nearly the same layout with a lot higher build quality. Honestly the price difference probably isn't justified.

>>52416623
it's one of the most expensive stock keyboard on the market.

it's like recommending a ferrari to everyone looking for their first car.

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>>52416667
>HHKB is to keyboards what ferrari is to cars

Holy shit, I'm laughing so hard.

>>52416703
what would you compare it to? obviously someone can buy a custom car that will cost a lot more than a ferrari and would probably be a better car, but that's not on the open market.

there are a lot more expensive keyboards if you really want to meme it up with group buys and expensive pcb/cases, but hhkb is expensive as fuck for someone looking for a decent keyboard.

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>aliexpress.com/store/product/IKBC-C87-TKL-mechanical-keyboard-tenkeyless-C-87-PBT-keycap-cherry-mx-switch-brown-blue-87/818123_32580388291.html

Should I? Its cheap, has PBT caps, and you can solder leds on the PCB if you want muh ricing.
Is iKBC a good brand?

>>52416590
Jokes on you, I am OP.

>>52416722
I'd more so say its the xj-r. good but not great. awesome looking and feeling, but not best of the best.(not that anon btw)

bought a corsair k70 with browns a week ago

did i fuck up?

>>52416722
An overpriced tiny ass one-seat electric car trying to advertise how "efficient" it is.

>>52416759
>corsair
>browns
>did i fuck up?
twice

>>52416731
I got my eye on this one as well, and since it's from the makers of the pok3r it should be decent at least

>>52416703
lecurrentyearman.gif
>>>/out/

>>52416762
good point

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Fresh memes incoming

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It'd be nice if more people here posted pictures of their keyboards.

This is a goddamn keyboard thread.

>>52416922
not all of us own memeboards and feel the need to show everyone what massive conformist faggots we are

>>52416911
>>52416922
>>52416935
>>52416942
you fully bought into the meme huh

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ALPS 60% coming sometime in the near future.

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I hereby declare the HHKB the fedora of keyboards.

I'm sorry but you took it too far and brought this on yourselves.

>>52416951
It's one of the better memes.

>>52416943
Thanks anon I love you too.

Keyboards are nice and I'm quite certain there's a fair amount of people here who have cool keyboards that look cool. I want those people to post pictures because I like to look at pictures of cool stuff. What's wrong with that?

Be honest.

How many of you HHKB owners also own a vape?

I'll know if you're lying to me.

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>>52416922
I don't own a camera. No one wants to see what my phone craps on a plate and calls a photo on any kind of repeat basis.

>>52416703
>>52416969
I want reddit to leave.

>>52416977
>How many of you HHKB owners also own a vape?
I don't smoke cigarettes and never vaped.

I occasionally smoke weed and I tried cocaine tho.

>>52416978
Heh, I was actually thinking of that keyboard of yours when I wrote that post.

And I'd love to see more of that keyboard, especially without the caps. Are those your final caps or are you waiting for something (you had some quite interesting caps in mind if I remember correctly).

>>52416978
how can you sleep at night knowing you have two dead leds?

I own a K70 non-rgb with cherry reds.
It does the job, however, I regret spending so much. When it seems the money could of been spent better.

>>52416994
it's ok, weed is the fedora of the drug world.

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>>52416978

Hey! I got one of those too!

>>52416978
what keycaps are those? they look like marshmallows

>>52416977
I used to smoke, then I tried vaping for some time and went back to smoking.

Stopped smoking a few months ago. Vaping doesn't really come close to smoking anyway so I don't have any reason to vape in the first place.

>>52417022
>ps4
pathetic.

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>>52416996
>And I'd love to see more of that keyboard, especially without the caps.
It's at work now, so I can't show you anything now. I did post a picture of the switches before assembling the case, though.

>Are those your final caps or are you waiting for something
See image. Round 5(a), baby.

>>52417007
I don't have two dead LEDs.

>>52417022
I was actually pleasantly surprised when I found that my Gateron set had an extra 1.75 cap. Thought I'd have to use a 1.25 or something.

>>52417025
Gateron ghost white.

>>52417017
Not quite.

Weed is to the drug world what cola is to beverages. It's practically as normal as tobacco cigarettes at this point.

The fedora of the drug world would be shrooms. Everyone I've ever met who has ever done shrooms thinks it's some kind of spiritual awakening and they've achieved fucking enlightenment. It's really obnoxious.

>this many people that can't buy the phenomenal keyboard that is the hhkb
I bet you also have one if those full sized or ten keyless keyboards.

>>52417048

The DS4 is the flat out best controller for PC.

Works over bluetooth and has a laptop styled touchpad too.

>>52417050
>I was actually pleasantly surprised when I found that my Gateron set had an extra 1.75 cap. Thought I'd have to use a 1.25 or something.

I have a 2u shift, but no 1.75

Deep Space is supposed to get a restock soon, so I am hoping I can snag an adapter set. Would come with labeled 1u hyper, super, and meta keys too.

>>52417059
I thought sony never fixed the ps4 controller to work for pc?

>>52417050
Nice! I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of those caps on your board.

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only the freshest meme pics for you guys.

>>52417054
>Everyone I've ever met who has ever done shrooms thinks it's some kind of spiritual awakening and they've achieved fucking enlightenment.
Fug, that was me when I was a teenager. Thought it was so profound and everybody needed to try this shit. Still fun though.

>>52417059
How's it like for navigating a desktop environment with the touchpad?

>>52417071

It supports directinput by default.

You can use third party programs to make it act as an xinput device.

>>52417089
Didn't see anything from you in ages. How's you candy poker doing?

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Does anyone know if there is some way to get something like one of the keyboards from the Nostromo?

>>52417072
You'll have to wait until the summer or some shit, I'm afraid. Production won't even be done until March, assuming SP doesn't pull what they did with R5.

>>52417089
That fucking hair.

>>52417098
>How's it like for navigating a desktop environment with the touchpad?

Passable. It is jsut like a laptop touchpad. Good enough for navigation, but I wouldn't wanna try playing an fps with the touchpad portion.

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>>52417107
the candy is on gf's QFR. She's loves the pbt and color.
Still loving this poker tho. thinking about getting a novatouch, but I like my 60%

>>52417110
>hair
FUCK. guess I'll go take another.

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>>52417108

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>>52417149

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Friendly reminder that keycap pullers are a scam and all you need is a paperclip.

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>>52416996

>without the caps

Not him, but here is mine.

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>there are people that spend $120 on a piece of stained wood
what a time it is to be a woodworker. keep buying my $50 wrist rests and headphone stands :^).

>>52417181
they come free with most keyboards, friend.

>>52417194
Noice. I would've gotten greens on my Shine 4 if it weren't for how loud they are. They feel so damn crisp.

Where'd you get the materials to build that baby?

>>52417217

Everything but the switches were from the group buy. Switches were from mechanicalkeyboards.com

I just used a wireless soldering iron and some cheap 60/40 solder to assemble it.

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Can I play with you guys?

This beauty is currently in the mail from keyboardcompany

can hardly wait

should i buy a happy hacking keyboard

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>>52417277
Yes

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>>52417277
How is that even a question

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>>52417277
it depends.

do you ever leave the house?

I love mine, but if's staying on your desk all the time you might want to look into a topre tkl if you're not ready yet for the hhkb

>>52417277
if you want a cost-efficient and usable keyboard, no.

if you want to post pictures on /g/ go ahead.

>>52417277
>literally paying more for less
fuck no

>>52417274
Sorry if this is a downer, but I have always found those unusable. The plastic isn't nearly rigid enough, so the whole thing ends up bending and shaking when you type on it.

What layout is that? Never seen one like it before.

>>52417050
How do people create these custom keyboard layouts? Like what website or software do I use?

>>52417054
Pfft, I've done shrooms and while they were fun, they weren't nearly as trippy as I thought they would be. Trippiest thing I experienced was some time dilation, and I wouldn't say I had a "spiritual awakening" from them. I became little bit more open-minded about things afterwards, but that's about it. It's brain candy, not a gateway to an alternate dimension.

>>52417277
do you like memes?

are you a weeaboo?

rike the feering of oneness with cup lubber?

>>52417330
Are you saying the hhkb is not useable? Do you know how to use a keyboard?
Also quality

>>52416427
Yeah but you like mushy disgusting browns over clears.

>>52417618
it is less usable than a standard sized keyboard or a tkl.

it's an expensive manchild toy for people who want to pretend to be hackers.

>>52417854
What exactly makes it less useable?

I'm having no problems typing with mine.

>>52417205
This can be said for anything. Do you honestly think that the HHKB costs a lot of money to produce? The answer is no. The only difference is that it's easier for a normal person to make a wood slab than a keyboard. But the point still remains.

>>52416575
ugh I tried that keyboard at bestbuy and I wanted to shoot myself. I really hated the feel of that keyboard. However, if you like it then thats all on your but I just know that there is no way that I could ever buy that thing

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>>52417854
>it is less usable than a standard sized keyboard or a tkl.

except I can use an hhkb just fine on a plane or train.
Good luck with your "usable" TKL or 10key.

pic related

>>52417854
It has everything a full keyboard has, plus more.

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>>52416911
>>52416922
>>52416935
>>52416942
>>52416407
>>52416514

Nigga do you expect me to memorize the location of every single key? Fuck that shit 2bh

>>52417971
>people are actually THIS autistic
HAHAHAHAHAH

>>52417892
compromises just for the sake of being smaller

>>52417971
neat, except for the fact that the laptop comes preinstalled with a keyboard. no need to show your autism level in public.

plus a tkl would fit on that laptop just fine.

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>>52417982
actually, yes.

Why are you even on /g/ if you look at your keyboard when typing

are you a baboon

>>52417982
>not being able to touchtype
pleb please

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Jesus christ, why are you HHKB faggots so goddamn obnoxious?

Fuck.

>>52417982
Yes. honestly though you should have at least some basic understanding for where every key is. If you can't get the &, " or { or something like that on the first try thats ok, but it shouldn't take you long.

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>>52418003
>the laptop comes preinstalled with a keyboard.

laptop keyboards are shit.
Including macbooks.

>>52418025
they are shills, friend.

>>52418047
nothing better than covering the bottom half of your (overpriced) screen with an ugly cord.

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>>52418093
>Mac
>Thinkpad meme
>2 HHKB
>Spaceinvader
wew lad

Topre = Rubberdome =/= Mechanical
Get over it you cunts, you paid $200 for a keyboard that's just rubberdome with some plastic parts in it that makes them noisy.

>>52418093
I ... actually kinda like this

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>>52418003
>compromises just for the sake of being smaller
I'm fine with those compromises. I just about never used the function row or the tenkey on my previous keyboard. I never use the pageup, pagedown keys either. The only thing I use on a somewhat frequent basis are the arrow keys, which are conveniently located near the function key so I still only need one and hand to use them, but I actually have to move that hand less.

Seems perfectly functional to me.
I'm glad to have a smaller keyboard and have no qualms putting keys that I never use on a function layer. It may not suit your needs, but it suits mine perfectly fine, which is why I bought this keyboard.
What's your point?

>>52418025
We wouldn't appear half as obnoxious if other people discussed and posted pictures of their keyboards and shit. That'd be really cool actually.

>>52418141
Drink bleach.

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>>52418130
ask me how I know you never tried one

>>52418130
Any keyboard that requires you to physically depress a button is mechanical.

>>52417853
sure you're replying to the right guy m8?

I take clears over shitty browns all day, owning boards of both switches

>>52418130
So you are saying a shitty laptop keyboard is as good as your HHKB? Are you retarded? Then why would you spend $200 on an HHKB.

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>>52418150
>he's also a pedophile

wew lad

>>52418182
>high school student
>pedophile

ok mate.

>>52417363
>How do people create these custom keyboard layouts?
keyboard-layout-editor.com

>>52418188
I bet he's australian

porn movies with actresses well over 18 that have no boobs is considered child porn

>>52418169
>phyically depress
Whut? Do you pull the keys up with your fingers?
>>52418159
If I wanted rubberdome, I'd buy some wireless logitech shit for 10 bucks.
>>52418174
What are you talking about mate? I don't own a hhkb meme keyboard. I got me a k70.

>>52418205
>le loli is actually a 5000 years old vampire meme

if you are attracted to short girls with no feminine features and childish behaviour you're a pedo.

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>>52418188
>mid-twenties
>still in high school

wew

>>52418219
>depress
>Do you pull the keys up with your fingers?

Thanks for confirming your idiocy. Please learn to use a dictionary before replying.

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>>52418093
>space invader
>not a real space invader

>>52418226
jokes on you I hate loli

red cherry mx represent

>>52418237
verb (used with object)
1.
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
2.
to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken; make dull.
3.
to lower in amount or value.
4.
to put into a lower position:
to depress the muzzle of a gun.
5.
to press down.
6.
Music. to lower in pitch.

Literally copied from a dictionary.

>>52418293
>to press down
That's exactly what I'm talking about. You mechanically (go look this word up next) press down the keys on your keyboard.

I don't know what made you think of pulling them back up.

>>52418315
You press down on membranes too anon.

>>52418326
That's my exact point you idiot.

Any keyboard that requires you to press down in order to have it do something (usually produce a letter on your screen) is mechanical by definition.

I can't decide between cherry mx red, blue, or brown for my next keyboard. It will be my first mechanical keyboard so I don't know what they feel like. What do you suggest.

>>52418351
I suggest getting a switch tester.

>>52418351
red and brown a shit.

so I'd say blue.
But actually, get clears.

Don't be scared of strength, they are not so stiff.

ps. get topre

>>52418347
So does this mean we should rename this general to Spring Operated Keyboards General?

>>52418376
Yes please.

>>52418351
browns are best, friend.

try them out at a store first.

>>52418376
>Spring Operated Keyboards General?
but that would cut out topre!

oh wait

>>52418376
Rubber domes are springs too.

You could try renaming it "physical contact circuit closing switches that are not membranes keyboards general", that'd exclude Topre and membrane keyboards. And the model M.

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>>52418347
Well, technically that's correct. But we're talking about Mechanical keyboards here.
>Mechanical-switch keyboards use separate complete switches underneath every key. Each switch is composed of a base, a spring, and a stem. Depending on the shape of the stem, such keyboards have varying actuation and travel distance. Depending on the resistance of the spring, the key requires different amounts of pressure to actuate. Mechanical keyboards allow for the removal and replacement of keycaps.
That's the definiton of mechanical keyboards.
>Topre switches are a electrostatic capacitive non-contact keyboard switch designed by Japan's Topre Corporation.
This is the descritption of topre.

>>52418393
>>52418402

Why don't we have a Cherry MX + clones keyboard general, Buckling Spring keyboard general, Alps + clones keyboard general and Hybrid Switch keyboard general seperately :^)

>>52418421
So a model M isn't mechanical?

>excluding Topre

razer blackwidow master race reporting

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if cherry mx is so superior,
why is noone posting cherry mx boards?

Checkmate atheists

>>52418448
Nope, the model m uses buckling springs.

Thoughts on the g910 and romer-g in general?

>>52416361
I just got a ducky zero. Awesome board, just a durable plank full of mx blues, n key rollover, and no bullshit

>>52418485
And it uses a membrane for actuation.

Rubber domes are also springs, most membrane keyboards also have removable keycaps (which usually also compromise the slider).

>>52418518
>n key rollover
yeah like you ever need it

>>52418472
b8

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>not paying 35$ + shipping for a literal sack

what are you, poor?

>>52418592
it's an expensive sack though

that means its good

>>52418473
what the fuck happened to your spacebar?

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>>52418473
sorry anon do I have to post mine again

>>52418640
embrace it

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Who /clack/ here?

>>52417089
That's pretty good.

>>52417971
I like this idea. The mech keyboard is much better for typing. But that particular position hurts my wrists over time.

>>52418668
yeah that was an example for flights or trains.

I do plug my hhkb into my laptop at work, either at my office or if I'm at clients premises, see >>52417321

>>52418592
That shit looks like you could just DIY it yourself

>>52418712
>DIY it yourself
>do it yourself it yourself

>>52418712
>DIY it yourself
>do it yourself it yourself

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>>52418725
>>52418729

>>52418487
No one tried it out?

>>52418702
That picture you linked to is nice. I mean, 60% directly on laptop isn't bad.

I did it when I went to parent's house for holidays and had to type stuff up.

>>52418786
we don't like logitech and or gaming shit here.

>>52418802
Sure about that?

>>52418752
RIP in pieces your dignity

>>52418818
simbly ebin my friend XD

>>52418802
>we don't like gaming shit
>everyone raves about corsair's k70 and k95
I don't get it...

>>52417982
lmao pleb nigga

>>52418520
Removable keycaps don't make a keyboard mechanical. A mechanical keyboard with non-removable keycaps is still a mechanical keyboard. As for rubber domes being springs, they technically do the same thins as springs, but the term spring is mostly used to describe helical springs. Helical springs are made out of metal.

>>52418530
hhkb owner saltly his 1000 times folded cup rubber only has 6kro.

How it's made: coiled cords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTmzg6WMnf0

>>52418193
THANK YOU

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>>52416361
I just bought this.

>>52418948
Looks nice, not a hhkb though

>>52418948
nice rubberdome.

pop a cap open.

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>>52418964
I'm going to disassemble it fully for cleaning.

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>>52418984
It was weird that are were no screws but if the clamps are nice and big then it's good.
DIP40 IC made in the year 2000 week 17, PCB 1mm thick.

>>52419035
Are the keycaps ABS Doubleshot or lasered PBT?
Nice find.

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>>52418347
If a spring provides the main resistence for the switch to actuate, its mechanical. If it doesnt, its not.

Mechanical:

Cherry
Alps
Buckling Springs
Foam & Foil
Spring over membrane
etc
etc

NOT Mechanical:

Rubber dome
Topre
Scissor Switch
Apple butterfly
Touchscreen
Those nasty rubber keyboards on the Surface
etc etc

>>52419078
I'm not sure. The keycaps seem to be printed on.
The case is made of PBT which I think is the reason why it didn't yellowed.
The seller sold 5 of these for 20€ with 7€ or 8€ shipping, also other cherry keyboards (G81 and G83) for the same price which don't seem to sell well.
The reason for this choice was that I own a TRS-80 Model 100 for a year with it's linear ALPS keyboard and typing on that one is fun compared to any other rubberdome kbd that I used in my life.

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>>52417205
it's not even real wood! i could pick an actual plank, varnish it and make it real.

hey next time i'll do this, a woodern keyboard! ... but maybe not with this base, something semi mechanical instead.

>>52418864
>>52419200
Rubber domes are springs by definition.

Used a rubber dome at work a short while
Feels just like topre

>>52419635
that looks good.

>>52419859
ok.

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Oneness With Cup Rubber

On a related note, does anyone else feel like their F and J keys have more texture than the others?

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>>52420518
Its so cute when you say cup rubber trying to hide its a rubberdome

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>>52420518
>that ctrl

>>52420518
Welcome to the best switch club senpai

>>52418889
How would one go about applying that last step without a drill?

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keycap for a belgian fag ?

pic related

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Got MX Brown Filco today.

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>>52420936
Nice board.

You should sand that logo, silver Filco logo looks so much better.

>>52416978
pretty lit

where can I find gateron pbts?

ITT:"MOST EXPENSIVE IS OBVIOUSLY THE BEST HANDS DOWN NO EXCEPTIONS EVER"

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>>52420987
Geekhack is running a groupby right now.

>>52420991
who are you quoting?

>>52418093
nice

>>52418238
now those are sexy keyboards anon

>>52420991
hello, reddit

>>52422642
>my topre board is the best board solely due to the fact that is is over $400.
>I'm paying for a rubberdome so i have to act manly and impose my self on others for the sake of spending so much on a rubberdome.
>Im going to post random pics in the thread of topre to make people think i have a "elite"board.

>>52422780
Who are you quoting?

>>52422780
I have no idea what you're talking about or trying to achieve by looking retarded on an anonymous image board.

>>52422780
Stay mad
Stay poor

- sent from my Steve Jobs

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Am I'm being dense or does it not say how to save the modified settings?
Doing FN+F9 again just cancels the mode and doing it again the settings have reverted.
Its a Ducky Legend,excerpt is from the manual

>>52419635
What's this beauty? It looks fucking rad!

>>52423220
Looks like A HP buckling Springs

realforce or novatouch

>>52417054
>Everyone I've ever met who has ever done shrooms thinks it's some kind of spiritual awakening and they've achieved fucking enlightenment. It's really obnoxious.
Studies have shown that shrooms permanently alter your mind to make you more open-minded and accepting of new ideas.

Maybe not a spiritual awakening, but it's something.

>>52419635
For a white keyboard it's pretty handsome. The numpad's kind of weird.
Is HP trying to seduce keyboard enthusiasts?

>>52423612
Honestly novatouch.

>>52423771
>>52423501

Indeed, that's a C1405A from HP. a workstation keyboard released in 1987, it's a rubber dome with springs. There's a few sold as-is for a hundred dollars on eBay. Not sure about the condition.

is around $45 decent for a Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition 'Stealth' keyboard?

I know Razer is hated here, but I hear their "orange" switches are comparable to MX Reds and that it's a fairly decent keyboard, and I'm really eager to pick up a cheap red switch keyboard without a numberpad.

>>52423748
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded

But sure keep letting stupid ideas fill your head and constantly deal with filtering them out

>>52424534
Mooom /pol/ is loose again

>>52424555
Keep.sucking jamal's dick, cuck, and let progressiveness and tolerance flow through you

>>52424534
I didn't know that being open minded and rational thought are mutually exclusive.

>>52424534
>>52424618
The real autists aren't shrooms, they're people like this.

>>52424505
halp please.

>>52424505
Honestly, yes. Reds aren't worth spending that much money on.They're nice, but for the same money, I'd rather get clears, greens, or even topres. They just don't feel all that different than the cheap non-mechanical shit.

And Razer isn't as bad as people say. Sure, in general they're still low/shit tier, but they're also pretty affordable if you're smart about it.

>>52424746
>>52424805
This is an American imageboard yurocucks

>>52424954
My bad, I forgot that the target audience of this place is idiots like you.

>>52424906
So you're saying Reds are just shit basically? I heard they feel really nice, particularly for FPS games which I play occasionally.

I'm open to trying a different switch (this will be my first mechanical), all I really want to insist on is it be a "compact" keyboard with no numpad.

And yes Ive heard keyboards are about the only thing Razer does right. They're about to have a 50% off sale in about 3 hours.

>>52424968
Perhap >>>/reddit/ is a more suitable place for fine, sophisticated and open minded gentlemen like you

>>52425006
Razer doesn't do anything right, especially not keyboards.

That being said, 45 bucks for a mechanical is a really good deal. I already have two keyboards and I'd still buy that.

You can probably get the same price out of reselling it later at some point anyway.

>>52425006
Reds are godlike for light typers and gamers who need to double tap keys a lot because there's no resistance to a swift motion of buttery smoothness

Clears and greens are excellent as well, but red is the undisputed king of linear switches

>>52425052
Its actually $40 but I dont know what the shipping will be. Will probably kill the deal

Are there any compact mechanicals that sell for around $50?

how low do the prices go on some sales? I havent researched the prices on these things lately.

Has anyone here used Razer's Orange switches and can compare them to any specific Cherry MX make?

>>52425138
Would reds make good betas for my clear board?

I like typing on clears, but they're too heavy for my pinkies.

>>52425169
>Are there any compact mechanicals that sell for around $50?
No.

Entry level boards that are considered decent start at around 70 bucks. You're hardly going to find a better deal than that razer thing right now.

>>52425220
Monoprice has a keyboard with reds or blues for $50, but it's full-sized

>>52425138
I type and bottom out always and reds are god send

>>52425299
I'm fairly certain that despite razer being shit, it will still beat that monoprice keyboard.

Entry level is considered a lolita or a cooler master at around 70 bucks. The only report I've ever heard of those monprice keyboards is that one of them shorted out on someone.

I'm not telling you that razer is good, but at that price point it's more than acceptable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLAuhVS2YE8

Comes in tomorrow anyone got a line on some good backlit compatible PBT keycaps? All I can seem to find are the vortex ones withe the shitty 1-0 symbols lit up.

>>52425217
Reds and clears are totally different m8

It's like comparing a lightweight skeletonized racegun in pistol caliber to a sturdy, heavy but reliable rifle in 7.62

>>52425438
Tough luck son. Only vortex makes backlight compatible PBT caps

Me--- graduate high school
Go to college
Graduate associates degree in some computer bs offered job placement $8.00/hr

Year later get called by a steel mill get hired making $140,000 a year pouring molten steel into a copper mold.

Life's a trip fuck all the hippies that say do what u love and money doesn't make u happy. I work in a shithole but I'm happy

Once I get my return on my keyboard that was broken when opened I'm planning on buying a Majestouch 2 with mx blues. Anyone have experience with this kb and/or recommend it?

>>52425398
Where can you buy a Lolita keyboard? I can't seem to find any place still selling them

would a tkl be better than a 60% if I'm never going to move it from my desk at home?

trying to decide between hhkb/real force/novatouch

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Just got this one, enjoying it so far.

>Enter massdrop group buy
>Realize too late that there is no ISO option
>Will end up with dark grey otaku keycaps and a solid black stock return key

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>52427088
How is that anyone's fault but your own, dumb frogposter?

>>52427128
Did I say it was anybody's fault but my own, hypocritical mouthbreather?

>>52420518
That crooked control key. Lmao

>>52420518
That numlock is triggering me

>>52427688
Why?

>>52427883
There is no numpad

cheapest fucking mechanical keyboard I can get?

>>52427945
I suggest you look closelier.

>>52428024
CM quickfire rapid

It's smaller than a full size but still has a numpad

>>52427988
>>52428196
i think he means the CM quickfire tk

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>>52419635
I want one of those fucking HP.
Is there even a black version of it out there?

>>52425398
>>52425299
>>52425220
>>52425169
>>52425052
>>52425006
>>52424906
>>52424505
There's a 50% off deal going on right now, and for orders over 50$ you get free shipping.

both the 2016 blackwidow ultimate's end up being 55$ with the 50% off, so that's just above what you need for free shipping.

Worth it? I need a new keyboard anyways

So when people refer to the meme with topre. are they referring to the switches themselves or are they saying those stupid 60% hhkb boards are meme because they cost 300 dollars for far less?

>>52425398
The monoprice keyboard uses the gateron switches so there is a very slim chance that the razer keyboard would be better aside from having maybe RGB thrown in there if that is even an option with most of their keyboards

>>52429415
Meme has no meaning in these threads.

>>52429415
>hose stupid 60% hhkb boards are meme because they cost 300 dollars for far less?
And it being as rubberdome

>>52428419
Where can you find this 50% off deal? is it on their store or some particular web site or is there a code that they use?

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>>52416731
I ordered the iKBC G87 from that seller on December 3 and it came in today. I didn't actually get it though, because I wasn't home when they tried to deliver it, but I'll pick it up tomorrow when I'm on my way home from class. Then I'll post some pics.

As far as I know, the differences between the G87 and the C87 is that the G87 comes with PBT Doubleshot keycaps while the C87 comes with non-doubleshot PBT keycaps. On the other hand, the C87 comes with media buttons on the function layer. I think they both come with RGB modifiers and a wire keycap puller.

>>52429519
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3022767/computers/razers-selling-all-of-its-pc-peripherals-for-50-percent-off-for-24-hours.html

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>>52429415
I'm sure topre switches appeal to some individuals, and the HHKB boards are probably not as bad as the people who shill for them are, but that's the real issue here.

The "fans" of these boards are just as obnoxious as the kinds of people who won't shut up about vaping, or wear a fedora with everything and think it means they have taste or that they're intellectual. They're disgusting human beings, and I want absolutely nothing to do with them.

They went too far and now they've ruined the HHKB with their behavior.

>>52429695
Yes, because there haven't always been idiots that shitpost about topre being the same as a rubber dome + membrane board.

It goes both ways.

>>52429817
Perhaps. Except, they don't represent a specific brand of keyboard, and I'm not about to abandon an entire technology, in the same way that I'm not going to just completely stop wearing -any hat- just because fedoras have a bad social image.

>>52429841
I don't understand how a HHKB could bother someone. Like >>52416590 and >>52416425, who are troubled by the very sight or mention of them.

>>52427088
>Being an ISOcuck
Get a board in a better layout

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i-it's perfect

>>52431140
this is why i hate the memeboards

>>52431140
>>>/reddit/

>>52431140
Plz. Most disgusting keyboard I've ever seen.

so someone draw a comparison for me. im already getting shit for using o-rings on cherry blue switches and give zero fucks cuz i love how it feels but exactly where do topre switches lay in feel? if everyone says hurr durr u fell for the rubberdome meme switch, then how would topre switches feel compared to something that is a true rubberdome kb, say the dell quitekey?

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>>52431616
I'm >>52420518

Like a really high quality rubber dome, but with an actual solid (but not harsh) bottom out. Like bottoming out an MX with a really firm O-ring.
The whole travel from top to bottom is one giant tactile bump, with the switch activating around the peak of the bump.

>>52418640
>what the fuck happened to your spacebar?

Idiots who think that they're applying pressure with their thumb in that direction.

But they aren't. They're just pushing down. They're idiots.

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Did someone say topre

>>52417971
>I can use an hhkb just fine on a plane or train.

Oh my God, you're *that* guy.

>>52431767
>omg he gets work done! How horrible!

Fuck off hippie

>>52431805

Excuse me while I set up my CRT on this table at Starbucks. I have work to get done, I'm sure you understand.

You're an obnoxious try-hard. Use your fucking laptop keyboard, you cunt.

>http://matt3o.com/granite-elven-kit-explained/
>That fucking horrifying grammar

Please tell me his first language isn't English, because if it is the standard of writing he's displaying is ridiculous for someone trying to present themselves as even semi-professional

>>52431884
He's spaghetti.

>>52430220
Like I said.

HHKB doesn't bother me. The faggots in this thread shilling for it bother me, and so, by association, I have lost all my interest in HHKB.

>>52431905
That's no excuse, if he was spaghetti you would hope he would take the time to try and sound less retarded

>since a couple of years now
>references to
>The same way humans talk English, Italian, Russian, … elves talk many languages
>The way tengwar are laid out

His first language can't be English

What's the deal with the Cooler Master Novatouch? They're implying Topre-like quality but with Cherry MX compatible posts, right?

Is it actually any good?

>>52431950
I meant he's italian.

>>52431982
Oh, fair enough
I spend too much time on this website

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>>52416361
Look what I found today.

>>52416656
I get really angry at how autistic keyboard videos seem. Just watching them type bothers me for some reason.

>>52432193
rubberdome

still, neat

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is the amiga500 mechanical?

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>bro caps

this hobby is dead.
normies found us.

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>>52432481
kek

that's ridiculous

does anyone honestly think that novelty/atrisan caps make their keyboards look better? fucking eye sore

>>52432522
Did you expect redditors to have taste?

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Aluminum face plate is pretty nice desu

>>52432560
There isn't much wrong with browsing reddit once or twice a day, in 2016.

>>52418238
switches?

>>52432582
space invaders.

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>>52432560
good point

>>52432569
why do companies use such ugly fonts on their caps? just to appeal to gamers?

>>52432620
>just to appeal to gamers?
Yes.

>>52432620
dat RSS caps annoys me the most.
Literally useless.

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>being poorer than stallman

wew

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>>52432628
fair enough

>>52432648
all of them are useless :^)

>>52432737
looks like play-doh

>>52432748
but
>muh craftsmanship

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My Keycool arrived along with the Vortex keycap set.

I'm wondering if I can buy white leds from somewhere to add to some keys. It only has white leds on WASD and arrow keys but every other switch has a little slot you can put leds in.

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>>52432763
forgot picture

>that name
i was trying to take out my 1 key to see if there's a little led slot there.
>>52432770

http://www.amazon.com/Coolermaster-SGK-4000-GKCL1-US-Storm-QuickFire-Rapid/dp/B0068INSUM

What's wrong with this keyboard and why is it so cheap?

>>52432783
Nothing wrong with it.

They just make cheap keyboards and they work well.

razer shit if 50% off right now for anyone that wants a decent deal on a keyboard. The coupon code works on outlet shit too.

https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/insider-ces-2016-appreciation-event.10666/

New thread

>>52432797
>>52432797
>>52432797

>>52418640
He made a Reddit user, that's what.