My very first computer ever was an Atari 400 with the membrane keyboard. No, I don't mean a rubber dome keyboard. . . I mean the kind where you typed directly on the membrane.Show Image(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Atari_400_keyboard.jpg)
Nothing has really compared to those Smith Carona Leaf Springs I had the "luck" to try.Oh god yes, definitely a very good second x( .
Once I found pretty nice looking cherry branded board. Was excited, until I learned about this switch called "Cherry MY". Oh it's the most horrible thing I've typed on. It's a super awkward mix of rubber dome and spring based switch. Rubber domes feel so damn tactile compared to that mushy mess. Ended up getting rid of that board.MY is not rubber dome, it's just a leaf spring. It's absolutely horrid though D: .
Don't have pictures of the board itself, but a blurry picture of the label:
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MY at least sounds nice, unlike the SC's and the breast implants.Once I found pretty nice looking cherry branded board. Was excited, until I learned about this switch called "Cherry MY". Oh it's the most horrible thing I've typed on. It's a super awkward mix of rubber dome and spring based switch. Rubber domes feel so damn tactile compared to that mushy mess. Ended up getting rid of that board.MY is not rubber dome, it's just a leaf spring. It's absolutely horrid though D: .
Don't have pictures of the board itself, but a blurry picture of the label:
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But as far as actual keyboards, the keyboard Apple shipped with their desktops in the mid 2000's. Absolutely some of the worst rubber I've ever tried.
Those rollup silicone keyboards take the cake for me.
Those rollup silicone keyboards take the cake for me.
But as far as actual keyboards, the keyboard Apple shipped with their desktops in the mid 2000's. Absolutely some of the worst rubber I've ever tried.Agreed. I've got a yellowed one just like this at work sitting on a bench and it is foul to touch. The rubber is so slow to bounce back.
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Do I need to say more?
Ouch is right. Typing directly on wood doesn't feel very nice pretty quickly.(Attachment Link)
Do I need to say more?
Ouch, that's sad.
(Attachment Link)Haha, yeah, those definitely shouldn't be left out xD .
Do I need to say more?
My very first computer ever was an Atari 400 with the membrane keyboard. No, I don't mean a rubber dome keyboard. . . I mean the kind where you typed directly on the membrane.
I'd say it's a tie between the cheap chiclet bluetooth keyboards for iPad and the IBM Model M.(https://media.giphy.com/media/srTYyZ1BjBtGU/giphy.gif)
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It's being sold right now on ebay.de as "slightly melted" xD .wotShow Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y5gAAOSwDehZobt1/s-l500.jpg)
It's being sold right now on ebay.de as "slightly melted" xD .wotShow Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y5gAAOSwDehZobt1/s-l500.jpg)
My very first computer ever was an Atari 400 with the membrane keyboard. No, I don't mean a rubber dome keyboard. . . I mean the kind where you typed directly on the membrane.
Reminds me of the time I retrobrighted in my oven... then my brother came through and preheated the oven to cook himself a pizza...Ouch.
And then in about 1997 Compaq started shipping keyboards where the space bar was split in half and the left hand portion was a backspace. For people who make a ****ton of typos i guess.
I picked up a Logitech K400 Plus to use with my Steam link. It's easily the most unsatisfying keyboard I've ever used. It feels like I'm typing on wet paper towels, but I deal with it because I don't want to buy a bluetooth mech just to play the handful of games that I do on it.I have a different model, don't want to hunt it down, but I don't remember it being horrible. Pretty sure it used laptop style scissor switches. Did they change that for their new wireless keyboards?
HHKB
HHKB /savage
No but, really, Dell is pumping out these new light gray chiclet-style "keyboards". We have them at the office and it barely manages to register keystrokes. So backspace is the key used most on those ones. What ware they thinking at Dell? Also, why don't my colleagues complain?
HHKB /savage
No but, really, Dell is pumping out these new light gray chiclet-style "keyboards". We have them at the office and it barely manages to register keystrokes. So backspace is the key used most on those ones. What ware they thinking at Dell? Also, why don't my colleagues complain?
Haha, I tried to convince my school to get Cherry G80-3000's for our lab (new school)
They considered it for a bit and still bought god damn chiclets, half of them have died in less in a year.. :p
HHKB /savage
No but, really, Dell is pumping out these new light gray chiclet-style "keyboards". We have them at the office and it barely manages to register keystrokes. So backspace is the key used most on those ones. What ware they thinking at Dell? Also, why don't my colleagues complain?
Haha, I tried to convince my school to get Cherry G80-3000's for our lab (new school)
They considered it for a bit and still bought god damn chiclets, half of them have died in less in a year.. :p
I gave up on my work. I just bring my HHKB and my Avior 7000 and call it a day. Most colleagues complain about "wrist pain". Yeah, not surprising if you have the feeling that you need to hammer down each key to get it to register.
HHKB /savage
No but, really, Dell is pumping out these new light gray chiclet-style "keyboards". We have them at the office and it barely manages to register keystrokes. So backspace is the key used most on those ones. What ware they thinking at Dell? Also, why don't my colleagues complain?
Haha, I tried to convince my school to get Cherry G80-3000's for our lab (new school)
They considered it for a bit and still bought god damn chiclets, half of them have died in less in a year.. :p
I gave up on my work. I just bring my HHKB and my Avior 7000 and call it a day. Most colleagues complain about "wrist pain". Yeah, not surprising if you have the feeling that you need to hammer down each key to get it to register.
You know what, I've given up too, I'm going to start bringing my board for school, I can probably get sick looking at those keycaps, shiny, greasy and full of food crumbs...How are you liking your HHKB? I'm about to get one. :cool:
Our technology workshop runs Nvidia Quadros and colour calibrated monitors and tenths and thousands of dollars of wood-working equipment, it was given a huge budget but yep, Logitech K120, makes sense.
HHKB /savage
No but, really, Dell is pumping out these new light gray chiclet-style "keyboards". We have them at the office and it barely manages to register keystrokes. So backspace is the key used most on those ones. What ware they thinking at Dell? Also, why don't my colleagues complain?
Haha, I tried to convince my school to get Cherry G80-3000's for our lab (new school)
They considered it for a bit and still bought god damn chiclets, half of them have died in less in a year.. :p
I gave up on my work. I just bring my HHKB and my Avior 7000 and call it a day. Most colleagues complain about "wrist pain". Yeah, not surprising if you have the feeling that you need to hammer down each key to get it to register.
You know what, I've given up too, I'm going to start bringing my board for school, I can probably get sick looking at those keycaps, shiny, greasy and full of food crumbs...How are you liking your HHKB? I'm about to get one. :cool:
Our technology workshop runs Nvidia Quadros and colour calibrated monitors and tenths and thousands of dollars of wood-working equipment, it was given a huge budget but yep, Logitech K120, makes sense.
There's 3 HHKBs in this household and they are all holding up great. I use my white HHKB at the office as a daily driver. At home, I use my 87UB 55g, so basically 50% time typing on each.
Honestly, I could go either way as my daily driver. No to be elitist about it, but for me Topre is endgame for longer periods of typing (and MX for gaming).
If you are considering the HHKB, you could also look at the Leopold FC660C, with the difference being that the Leopold is plate-mounted as opposed to case mounted in the HHKB, and a dedicated arrow cluster and, IIRC, page up / down.
Funny enough I remember grade 10 keyboarding class, we had those iMac gen 3(?) keyboards.Yep I think those are like the ones I mentioned.
The keyboard itself look amazing, however it would lock and bind on off centre strikes so it would be really annoying when you try to type fast (keyboarding class) and the keys would lock itself.
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You'd assume for "keyboarding class" they use nicer keyboards.
Funny enough I remember grade 10 keyboarding class, we had those iMac gen 3(?) keyboards.
The keyboard itself look amazing, however it would lock and bind on off centre strikes so it would be really annoying when you try to type fast (keyboarding class) and the keys would lock itself.
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You'd assume for "keyboarding class" they use nicer keyboards.
Funny enough I remember grade 10 keyboarding class, we had those iMac gen 3(?) keyboards.
The keyboard itself look amazing, however it would lock and bind on off centre strikes so it would be really annoying when you try to type fast (keyboarding class) and the keys would lock itself.
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You'd assume for "keyboarding class" they use nicer keyboards.
I'm going to say this one:Jeez, the 4A was BETTER?! OoShow Image(https://www.ti994.com/1979/console/ti994.jpg)Show Image(http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/computers/ti994_full_mb.jpg)
That's right, the keys were actually weird rectangular buttons you had to essentially push straight down, and which you couldn't touch-type on.
The 4A was a bit better.
I'm going to say this one:Jeez, the 4A was BETTER?! OoShow Image(https://www.ti994.com/1979/console/ti994.jpg)Show Image(http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/computers/ti994_full_mb.jpg)
That's right, the keys were actually weird rectangular buttons you had to essentially push straight down, and which you couldn't touch-type on.
The 4A was a bit better.
Okay, how bout the Logitech Wave? I actually do like the wave profile and find it ergonomic, but if you missed the center which often happened the key cap would bind up.
A ZX81 its only a membrane, hard as wood…Show Image(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171028/6cfa9b8e8934f79212aca5f4a72c176c.jpg)
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Not a single bump or click feeling, only finger muscle and extreme patience to type any basic program.Okay, how bout the Logitech Wave? I actually do like the wave profile and find it ergonomic, but if you missed the center which often happened the key cap would bind up.
The Wave is on my "Best non-mechanical board" list. I still miss it.A ZX81 its only a membrane, hard as wood…Show Image(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171028/6cfa9b8e8934f79212aca5f4a72c176c.jpg)
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ye gods. Is there any feedback at all? A bubble? Or is this just something you stub your fingers on and hope it's working?
I was thinking of something with Cherry MY's but then I remembered this. (https://imgur.com/a/tdIa8)Now that is a letter of hatred.
I have never used this work of art, but it probably deserves an honorable mention here:
surface pro board:Show Image(http://www.soyacincau.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/151218-surface-pro-4-keyboard.jpg)
followed closely by just about every mac keyboard post alps.Show Image(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611149H28WL._SX355_.jpg)
(https://www.geekalerts.com/u/scosche-freekey-rollup-keyboard.jpg) (https://www.geekalerts.com/u/scosche-freekey-rollup-keyboard.jpg)
hmmmmm, no need to say more.
surface pro board:I think it belongs on this list only because the key surface is ultra-slippery.
I don't remember the name of it or what mechanism it used, but it was a one piece dumb terminal with a phone and 300bps modem built in.That sounds like something like a Minitel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel), or a local variant. Here in Sweden, my dad had a Teleguide (https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleguide) for a while.
It was at least 100g of stiff mush and the worst keyboard I've ever typed on.
I used it as a teenager in the 80's to find love in all the wrong places.
I don't remember the name of it or what mechanism it used, but it was a one piece dumb terminal with a phone and 300bps modem built in.That sounds like something like a Minitel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel), or a local variant. Here in Sweden, my dad had a Teleguide (https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleguide) for a while.
It was at least 100g of stiff mush and the worst keyboard I've ever typed on.
I used it as a teenager in the 80's to find love in all the wrong places.
(https://www.geekalerts.com/u/scosche-freekey-rollup-keyboard.jpg) (https://www.geekalerts.com/u/scosche-freekey-rollup-keyboard.jpg)
hmmmmm, no need to say more.
my vote is also for these roll-up silicone sheets...
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I have a friend who works for these guys (he hates the board as well) but was given it for free... I have it for novelty sake but have tried to type on it. Not only is it membrane, it's ortho-linear, and the buttons are huge... how they thought this was a great way to teach kids to learn computers blows my mind. It's absolutely terrible. But hey, it looks good with all the other weird keyboards I build and it was free, so whatever.
I'm a kid, I'm glad I didn't learn to type on that.
The Ortho is a little weird to be on a kid's keyboard, the modifiers! look at the tab and capslock! :))
I'm a kid, I'm glad I didn't learn to type on that.
The Ortho is a little weird to be on a kid's keyboard, the modifiers! look at the tab and capslock! :))
I can see their idea behind the color scheme where each different type of character or modifier is a different color to teach kids what is the same, but kids have little hands and shouldnt be trying to use those giant buttons. I'm over 6ft tall and I have trouble stretching my fingers to fluidly hit the right keys. I won't debate whether ortho is superior or not (I do own a Planck and will be building more for weird projects), but when basically every other computer is staggard, why teach them something new?- might as well made the keyboard Colemak just to top it all off.
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Show Image(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Apple_Adjustable_Keyboard.jpg)
Wonky Alps switches that Apple never used on any other board. The plastic case binds up during adjustment, squeaks and rattles like crazy. I used to be an Apple Certified Repair tech and these things were NOT reliable nor cheap.
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Wonky Alps switches that Apple never used on any other board. The plastic case binds up during adjustment, squeaks and rattles like crazy. I used to be an Apple Certified Repair tech and these things were NOT reliable nor cheap.
Hmmm...I will have to think about this one...which one hurt my hands the most after the least amount of time...
for me, that's "every ortholinear board ever"
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I have a friend who works for these guys (he hates the board as well) but was given it for free... I have it for novelty sake but have tried to type on it. Not only is it membrane, it's ortho-linear, and the buttons are huge... how they thought this was a great way to teach kids to learn computers blows my mind. It's absolutely terrible. But hey, it looks good with all the other weird keyboards I build and it was free, so whatever.
I'm going to use it for her "Space Ship Control Center" activity wall.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/wC7gBUal.jpg?1)
Dell KB216!
They provided those to us at the office along with DELL laptops and monitors, by far the worst keyboard I ever used!
Took me 3 days to order a 10keyless with MX Blue switches to replace it with!
haha, yeah, was wondering when that'd find it's way into this thread.
really fun video ;D
The Dell L700? Looks like this or like it. Shipped with Dell Pentium computers in early 2000's. Every key rattles, makes horrible noise, is wobbly, and mushy.
Nobody wanted to use a 60% keyboard at work, so I replaced the one I use with a Cherry MX 3.0, a vast improvement.
My very first computer ever was an Atari 400 with the membrane keyboard. No, I don't mean a rubber dome keyboard. . . I mean the kind where you typed directly on the membrane.Show Image(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Atari_400_keyboard.jpg)
A ZX81 its only a membrane, hard as wood…Show Image(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171028/6cfa9b8e8934f79212aca5f4a72c176c.jpg)
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reminds me of this terrible keyboard from when i was a kid:Show Image(https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/jqZirnOdWssMHQCK.large)
reminds me of this terrible keyboard from when i was a kid:Show Image(https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/jqZirnOdWssMHQCK.large)
lmao, say no to qwerty!
go abcdef!
Once I found pretty nice looking cherry branded board. Was excited, until I learned about this switch called "Cherry MY". Oh it's the most horrible thing I've typed on. It's a super awkward mix of rubber dome and spring based switch. Rubber domes feel so damn tactile compared to that mushy mess. Ended up getting rid of that board.
Don't have pictures of the board itself, but a blurry picture of the label:
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It was a Mitsumi rubber-dome keyboard. We had some of them at high school and later at university. The keys were rather hard to type, so if somebody like me, who types very quickly, has the honor to use such a board, everybody (!) in the room will hear how he's trying to destroy that piece-of-scrap.
@Duckyreddy: You used a flexible rubber keyboard? Eeeeehhhh!!! I once sold them. For special applications (intensive care unit, cleanroom etc.) it may be even a viable option (its protection class is IP54), but typing long texts on such key-something is a nightmare.
The Dell L700? Looks like this or like it. Shipped with Dell Pentium computers in early 2000's. Every key rattles, makes horrible noise, is wobbly, and mushy.x2... I blocked out all of the horrible memories of using those keyboards and now they are coming rushing back. Thanks... :'(
Nobody wanted to use a 60% keyboard at work, so I replaced the one I use with a Cherry MX 3.0, a vast improvement.
Xbox 360 attachable controller keyboard.
Xbox 360 attachable controller keyboard.
You say that, but I think it was pretty good for the purpose it served. It was nice to have a qwerty board for the thumbs with individually clicky little caps. Arranged in a grid, but it's not like you could get your full hands over it so you couldn't touch type anyways. I liked it.
Show Image(https://www.geekalerts.com/u/scosche-freekey-rollup-keyboard.jpg)
hmmmmm, no need to say more.