Hi everyone,
I‘m from Germany and been using mechanical keyboards for over 40 years now. I directly upgraded from a C64 keyboard to a super-clicky mechanical IBM keyboard which served me well for over 25 years of daily abuse - it died from a spilled coffee. Honestly, I never found such a good keyboard again. Currently I‘m using a DasKeyboard for Mac (not that good) and an older Steelseries with MX-Brown, which looks quite aged and some keys do not hold well on their switches anymore. So I have a Keychron K2 (German layout) on backorder to become my daily ride, then…
…I want to build a super silky 65 or 75 custom keyboard with ANSI layout (best for coding). Whatever I will build, it‘ll ideally remember me of my good old IBM keyboard. But just for the look, not for the clicky and extreme sharp IBM sound. I’m dreaming of deep and subtile sound and a minimal tactile or linear feel.
Now it‘s time to learn from you (first by reading) and found out what I may need and want.