Hi there Geekhackers,
I've been lurking this board for a little while, and I've finally decided to join up. I'm a 25 year old Wintel Sys admin who's worked in IT for about 8 years now, and I currently reside in Texas. I've been fascinated by computers and computer hardware since I was little, even though my family wasn't able to afford one until I was about 13 or 14.
I first used a computer in grade school, probably to do things like play Oregon Trail or look at a card catalog in the library. After I became familiar enough with the machines to start caring about what keyboard I used, I just remember always wanting to sit at the "clicky" ones.
I rarely touched a "clicky" keyboard after that, until about a year ago when I was feeling nostalgic and started looking into them. I was surprised to learn that they were a specific style of keyboard called "mechanical" and that there were other people out there who loved them!
I use a 1992 IBM blue label model M at home, who's keycaps are currently suffering from a bad dye job that I performed with Rid dye shooting for navy blue and ended up pink!
If I had to pick a switch type that I loved the most, it would be whatever style of buckling spring was in the IBM Wheelwriter 10 Series II electric typewriter. Plenty of fantastic tactile satisfaction, with a shorter quicker action than the Model M.
Anyway, glad to be aboard!
