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Offline TheGrey

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o/ Hi everyone!
« on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 07:55:08 »
Hi everyone!

I've been lurking for a while, but feel that the time has come to make an account! I'm here because I really need an ergonmical keyboard.

ATM I use a Razer blackwindow, but want some that is like the Kinesis Freestyle but with mechanical switches. The Maltron and Kinesis Advantage seem a wee bit dear and don't seem entirely portable...

However, I see the Ergodox is being in development: is it possible to know when it is going to be ready, or is it something you self-assemble?

Anyway, as a UK fellow, it seems near impossible to get my hands on an IBM SSK without having CONUS  written all over it. I would love to get me some buckling springs!

many clacks,
TheGrey


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Re: o/ Hi everyone!
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 13:02:37 »
Welcome to Geekhack!  :)
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Re: o/ Hi everyone!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 14:54:17 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

If you camp out on eBay you might get lucky with an SSK.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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