#5 HotKeys Giveaway Time!!! ""WINNERS ANNOUNCED""

[romevi]

My first keyboard, that wasn't attached to a laptop, was a Logitech K350. Was wireless and let me play pc games while sitting on my couch   . Thanks for doing this Martin.
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I loved that keyboard! Used it at work and, when I replaced it, at home with the Wii (back when my only computer that could connect to the Internet was the Wii).

[theteam]

My first keyboard, that wasn't attached to a laptop, was a Logitech K350. Was wireless and let me play pc games while sitting on my couch   . Thanks for doing this Martin.
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this was also my (big purchase $)keyboard, it was pretty terrible at times with the lag when i was playing WoW

[robotox]

Man, I wish so much that I could show a picture of my first keyboard, a 1994 Model M.  It looks a lot like this one.  I used it up through college (until 2008), but it got stolen out of a UHaul while I was moving to my first non-slum apartment, which is irony for you.  It's my fault for packing it in a box for a then-recent iMac box I pulled from a recycling dumpster.  Oh, well.  I replaced it with a 1988 one that got taken by a recently fired guy at a job I worked at a few years ago.  After that, I moved away from buckling spring for MX (and the HHKB I bought a few months ago).

[kaotikb]

My first keyboard was part of the Coleco Adam computer. I still remember loading programs off the tape drive.

This is just an image I found

[tinyj316]

My first keyboard was an Apple ][e ...Also, this is my first post, so I've got that going for me...which is nice.

[KTKM]

I had the model M when I was a kid, and my parents threw it away for some newer rubber domes  man it was fun to type on it and make noise.

[imhotep4]

This keyboard made me love big ass Enter keys. It's the first I can remember having used (not actual photo but it loooked exactly like this):

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[rjmana]

I had a Model M a long time ago that I didn't realize was quite a treasure. I knew it was great to type on, and even after buying rubber domes that looked nicer, I found myself reverting to the Model M over and over again. I'd consider that my first board. Years later, on the hunt for a keyboard of better quality than mushy rubber domes, I discovered the world of mechanical keyboards and sourced my generation 1 Ducky Shine (with MX Blacks) through someone selling here since it wasn't as widely available as it is now. Here is the only picture I could find of it from back then. I've since sold it and moved on to a bunch of other boards.

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[dustinhxc]

Apple IIc!



It's cool seeing a lot of other people had the Apple II for their first computer too!

[Zanjetsu]

Mine came with the Dell PC. It lasted me for 7 years before I gave it to my brother 

[Ravenbutt]

First keyboard was a simple Logitech rubber dome a few years back. My first mech was the CM Storm NovaTouch. Sorry I can't post any pictures as I'm on holiday right now, and frankly it's quite boring without different keycaps. Thanks!

[Corey]

Here I am gearing up to post a photo of my Ducky Shine 3, when I remember my first keyboard was actually a SteelSeries Apex Raw. This was before I was aware of mechanical keyboards. What appealed to me about the keyboard was the RGB function. I paired it up with a SteelSeries Rival (which I still use) so I could change my color setup whenever I wanted. That keyboard lasted about 2 months before I purchased the Ducky, and I have never looked back.

Thanks for this opportunity Martin.

[jaxjax]

My first keyboard would be one of these generic HP keyboard that comes with prebuilts PC haha: http://ebtx.com/comp/keyboard.jpg

However my first mechanical keyboard is a Ducky shine 3 with MX blues.

[pizza_is_a_lie]

The first keyboard that I can call my own was affixed to a Sony VGN-BX61VN. My Dad actually won the laptop but gave it to me knowing that technology wasn't his thing. I still use the laptop, in fact. It's at my girlfriend's house running Xubuntu. It's the first machine that I dared to pull the keycaps off after one of them began sticking. That machine has been in my life for a solid 7 or 8 years now and I owe a lot to it!

[Belfong]

The first time I ever typed on a keyboard is an Apple //e which is in the school computer lab. I love the computer so much.
A few years later, my father bought me a clone Apple // computer and I started learning programming and got an interest in I.T.



When the IBM PC exploded into the industry, I worked part time while studying and earn enough to buy a Acer computer with intel 486. It came with this keyboard which is an alps clicky. The photo below is a photo of my keyboard, not taken from the internet.





A few later I have tried many keyboards including rubber domes. I really like those in ThinkPads but after using them a few years, I always find myself rummaging through my store to look for my trusty old Acer keyboard and continue using it. One day I began to be curious why this Acer keyboard is so good and what is the switch it was using and my research on Google took me to Geekhack!! I must have owned this keyboard for at least 20 years. Can you imagine that? That is how long I have kept and used a keyboard. I wonder if the HHKB can even last as long.

[admiralvorian]

I won a hkp giveaway so I'm not entering this one, just wanted to say good luck everyone!

[Cany0n]

My first keyboard was a Microsoft Sidewinder X4

Actually a pretty decent keyboard, obviously still a rubberdome though, so it had to go!

[nightdriver]

learned how to program on one of those.  it's amazing what you could accomplish with only 64K of memory!

[Carlos_the_turtle]

My first keyboard, that wasn't attached to a laptop, was a Logitech K350. Was wireless and let me play pc games while sitting on my couch   . Thanks for doing this Martin.
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I loved that keyboard! Used it at work and, when I replaced it, at home with the Wii (back when my only computer that could connect to the Internet was the Wii).

Yeah it was pretty great for surfing the web while I was sitting on my couch.

My first keyboard, that wasn't attached to a laptop, was a Logitech K350. Was wireless and let me play pc games while sitting on my couch   . Thanks for doing this Martin.
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this was also my (big purchase $)keyboard, it was pretty terrible at times with the lag when i was playing WoW

The lag was definitely a problem sometimes, though for  me it was Starcraft instead of WoW.

[Permeability]

The Dell AT101W!

I have it lying around somewhere but I stole this picture.. 

[Butter]

My first keyboard I own was from Bestbuy. I don't even remember the name of it, all I remember was I pay 10 buck for it and each time it get too dirty I just throw it away and buy another one. My first mechanical keyboard was corsair k90 with blue LED. It work perfect for 3 years till I spilled coke on it 4 months ago. Now I own 4 keyboard and an very unhappy wallet.

[ubibaba742]

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Loved that keyboard, I had the scroll wheel on the side mapped to control volume and thought it was so badass  :))

HOLY COW!!!! THATS THE BOARD!!!

I haven't seen that keyboard in a decade! Mine was the ANSI layout, but I mapped my scroll wheel to volume control as well! You just made my day :D

So for the contest, my first fond memories of any keyboard came from the one above, so here's my first mech!



Got this just over 2 months ago and I absolutely love it. MX Reds on this here Ducky DK9008. Turquoise Meowcap for the escape and a Smoke w/ Red Eyes Raven from HKP on Scroll Lock.

Cheers all!

[ice31000]

First keyboard I ever had was a beige off-brand rubber dome keyboard. Very,veeeeeeeeeeeeery bad.

[clacktalk]

i don't remember the first keyboard i used, but the first mechanical keyboard i purchased when i just learned about mechanical switches was a $30 POS board with MX Browns. it was really bulky with a credit card reader in the front, but boy did it feel like sex.

[icedogg]

Honestly can't remember my "first" keyboard. But I do recall my first mechanical keyboard. Was a couple years ago. Forgot where I stumbled upon them, but ended up buying a switch tester from WASD I believe. Found out I wanted to try blues as my first one. So I got a CoolerMaster QuickFire Rapid Blues



Got a bit crazy into the novelties. Took the case apart & plasti-dipped it red. Brought to a LAN party last year and got a ton of compliments on it. Sadly my small dog got on my computer table when I was gone one weekend and had an "accident" on it, so it had to be replaced. Have gotten a couple more boards since then and have acquired a handful of artisans as well. Think I'm hooked

[nickheller]

My first mechanical was a Ducky Zero with mx reds, my first keyboard was some rubber dome that came with my hp computer a while ago

[rm-rf]

When I was 12, I finally convinced my parents to buy a computer.
it was a crappy HP 486dx, and our neighbor came over to help set it all up for us.
and he saw the keyboard that came with it, and said... "this has got to go."
he then said he would be back in just a minute. he came back with a model M keyboard.
he said that it was much better and we could just have it.
I remember him telling me that he had taken it apart to put Red LED's inside.
but that was my first keyboard that I ever owned.
I wish I still had it.

I wonder what ever happened to that guy.

[theanyday]

The first keyboard I can recall buying myself was a wireless Microsoft keyboard that I bought while stationed over in Germany. It wasn't mechanical, it had to have direct line of sight to work. I ended up breaking it in a dumb fit of rage due to the fact it wasn't working well. My little area in the room was covered in keycaps lol. While enlightened, I haven't what some would say fully ascended as I have had the pleasure of trying any topre yet. 

[choiboi]

Huh, I actually still have mine:


Some old 한글 rubberdome.
Found it in my attic; surprisingly clean

[iceman1925]

My first keyboard was an IBM model M that I got when I was about 6 or 7 years old(I'm 24 now). My dad come into the house one fine day, with this huge box and says there's another one too, my little brother and I were curious thinking we just got a Nintendo. Turns out he bought us a computer with a version of Windows I don't remember and this keyboard that was white and huge. We boot it up and we just lost our minds. We used to play this game called bonkheads. We loved that game :') anyways when we moved we got a new computer as a present and it came with a ****ty membrane that didn't click and clack and we never really liked it. We loved the model m because if either one of us got up to play the other one would wake up to the sound of clacking. That is why when I got a chance to get the ssk that I have, I jumped. I let my brother use it now and he still says we should go find a copy of bonkheads.

Tldr, my first love was a Model M.

[infamouslife7314]

My first keyboard was an HP grey with blue-ish accents that came with my computer. I used it for about 4 years until I switched too laptops for a while. I just remember being really confused because I had never seen any media keys on a keyboard before that and thought that I would have to program them to work. Thankfully I didn't have too. It was just some crappy rubber dome that probably wouldn't even muster up enough energy to come to life today but she sure was a trooper while we were together. But my first mechanical was a completely different story. I had bought a new Corsair K70 rgb with browns and it was beautiful. The tactile-ness of the keys was amazing compared to my Macbook Pro. I have now seen 2 keyboards come and go and have "settled" on a QFR with browns for the time being. (I have the Ducky Shine 4 community edition from massdrop ordered and I can't wait for that)

[rowdy]

Disk Smith System 80, which was basically a TRS-80 compatible, but with a built-in cassette recorder and an output port that could connect to an S100 expansion unit.

I seem to recall that some keys were missing from the keyboard (probably when compared to the TRS-80, but it was so long ago I can't remember what they were), so I added a couple of extra push button switches next to the two gray switches.  Worked well

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[KatzenKinder]

Ayyy! My first board was a Zowie Celeritas. I got into mechanical keyboards through being interested in Starcraft 2 progaming scene. The korean team Startale was sponsored by Zowie (who eventually sponsored KT Rolster as well), and they used those boards.

Really nice feel, though they had a big ass enter key. The nylon keys have a sound kind of like POM caps, very deep sounding. Had all MX Brown but MX black for the spacebar, which I actually ended up liking a lot.

[dwk396]

My first keyboard that I actually bought was Razer Lycosa. I had no knowledge about keyboards so I bought something that looked cool, and it had issues....Keys randomly got stuck and I had to pull usb port and plug it in again to make it work for random period of time. I was a poor college student so I had to do that for about a year until I get Logitech's G710+ refurbished for 80 dollar.

[Vadurr]

This was the first keyboard I ever fell in love with <3 This was before my razer era...

[Sencha]

My first keyboard

a Spectrum +2

[septamber]

This was my first keyboard a Compaq! Was so long ago. 

[cinnamoncider]

My first keyboard was a cheap A4Tech rubber dome on membrane keyboard.



Below that is my first mechanical keyboard - Ducky Shine 3 Cherry MX Browns with blue LEDs.

[tinymakesthings]

As far as I can remember, my first keyboard was one that was attached to the Toshiba laptop that was shared amongst my siblings and I (chiclet style). I'm pretty sure we don't even have that ol' brick around anymore. My first mechanical was a Ducky Shine 4 because I wanted to go big for my first purchase.
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[-pineapple-]

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[feeder]

The first keyboard I bought, a sidwinder x6!

[kl52]

The first keyboard I bought was a Logitech rubberdome. My first mechanical keyboard is the WASD V2 MX blue. One of the earliest keyboards I've used was this one: a BTC 53 series.

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[animal]

When the IBM PC exploded into the industry, I worked part time while studying and earn enough to buy a Acer computer with intel 486. It came with this keyboard which is an alps clicky. The photo below is a photo of my keyboard, not taken from the internet.

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Ha! I knew there was something different in those Acer boards! Boy I had like 3-4 of those (any Acer sold in Northern Greece passed our computer shop) I really enjoyed typing on those. They did have their distinct sound. And heavy boards. IIRC they had 2 metal plates with 3 nylons sheets in between under the switches. I revived about a dozen of them after water got spilled on them. I truely have great memories of those boards. The only downside of those boards was that they couldn't take too many punches after long Doom sessions :D , hence I had 3-4 of them. If I knew that they were gems, I'd still have one...

[ntw]

the first keyboard that i bought is a Microsoft Sidewinder X4 which I promptly sold off after i found out about mechanical keyboards and got a Ducky Zero TKL.

[Lokomotivet]

Martin, if you REALLY wanna know what kind of keyboard was my first one then here it goes..

I'm serious.
The picture doesn't exactly sum up the product that I had as a little kid but I remember it being in blue and yellow colors. There was no mouse and it made funny noises when I pressed the buttons, but I can't remember what type of switch it was.

I have probably used around hundreds of different rubber dome keyboards.. My last one was this Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 before I bought my first mechanical keyboard which was the Logitech G710+.

I still keep it in my shelf!

Thanks for hosting this cool giveaway!

Edit: resized the first image.

[dmortel]

Had a bunch of membranes, and a devastator.  First real keyboard buy though was the K70. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[happyturtlee]

Well the first keyboard I owned myself was a mechanical keyboard! I made fun of my friend for spending so much money on plastic and ended up getting into it as well when I tried his out Then another friend offered me his Logitech G710+ for cheap and it all went downhill from there. RIP MY WALLET.

[dohbot]

My first mechanical keyboard was my Max Keyboard Blackbird. Here is a picture.

[00zeRO]

My first keyboard

a Spectrum +2

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I remember those...

[Edmundoh]

First board I came to own as my own was a Sidewinder X4, a great board as far as rubber domes go.


Not my photo unfortunately


As for my first mechanical though, I dove right in for a 60% and got myself a Ducky Mini a couple of years ago now.

Full album here - http://imgur.com/a/B1axh

Here she is today