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Offline maxlugar

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How do you store your keyboards?
« Reply #50 on: Thu, 17 September 2009, 16:23:08 »
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I know you want to keep the model F and M separated - after all, they do use a slightly different design.

I still can't follow the division between XT and AT though. Maybe we should continue this in a new thread, but I would still like to know what you think is so different in the XT and AT except for their layout.
I think the key mechanism is basically the same, hence the keyboards should feel the same if they are of similar age.


Yeah, we need a separate thread JBert.  I have gone through many keyboards and could provide you with specific information about my experiences with the PC/XT Model F vs. the 84-key PC AT keyboards.
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« Reply #51 on: Thu, 17 September 2009, 17:32:31 »
Here's how I store my keyboards.
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« Reply #52 on: Thu, 17 September 2009, 17:36:38 »
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I'd say the opposite, because I find the sound and feel of the Model F to be more refined than the Model M.


Agreed, especially the 84-key PC AT keyboard.  Not only are the key presses more refined, but the feel of the keys is much more consistent on  the Model F's vs. the Model Ms.

Hmm, which would you prefer, crisp and precise tactile key presses with excellent on-center feeling, requiring less force or the Model M?

Maybe the clickclack dude has got some Model F keyboards in really bad condition.  I don't know of any other reason why anyone would find the Model M typing experience superior in comparison.
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« Reply #53 on: Thu, 17 September 2009, 17:38:54 »
Here's how I store my keyboards.
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« Reply #54 on: Thu, 17 September 2009, 22:12:33 »
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Here's how I store my keyboards.
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A travesty and sacrilege to all decent mechanical keyboards!

However, that is the officially sanctioned and approved way to store crap rubber dome keyboards.
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Offline JBert

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« Reply #55 on: Fri, 18 September 2009, 02:32:37 »
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Here's how I store my keyboards.
msw's keyboard storage
That looks like some kind of keyboard purgatory...
« Last Edit: Fri, 18 September 2009, 04:13:23 by JBert »
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The storage list:
IBM Model F AT || Cherry G80-3000/Blues || Compaq MX11800 (Cherry brown, bizarre layout) || IBM KB-8923 (model M-style RD) || G81-3010 Hxx || BTC 5100C || G81-3000 Sxx || Atari keyboard (?)

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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #56 on: Fri, 18 September 2009, 08:24:05 »
Looks like a clusterf*ck.
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« Reply #57 on: Sat, 19 September 2009, 05:25:56 »
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That looks like some kind of keyboard purgatory...


Quote from: itlnstln;118985
Looks like a clusterf*ck.


crap! If you guys thought that was bad....sheesh I might get banned =P
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« Reply #58 on: Sat, 19 September 2009, 06:29:19 »
Guess I'm not alone...
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Offline JBert

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« Reply #59 on: Sat, 19 September 2009, 12:07:56 »
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crap! If you guys thought that was bad....sheesh I might get banned =P
Well, we haven't seen keyboard hell yet. :smile:
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The storage list:
IBM Model F AT || Cherry G80-3000/Blues || Compaq MX11800 (Cherry brown, bizarre layout) || IBM KB-8923 (model M-style RD) || G81-3010 Hxx || BTC 5100C || G81-3000 Sxx || Atari keyboard (?)

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How do you store your keyboards?
« Reply #60 on: Sun, 20 September 2009, 14:25:09 »
I like Kyamei's tower of awesomeness.

I just keep mine in their original boxes and put them in the closet until I feel the need to swap.
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« Reply #61 on: Sun, 20 September 2009, 18:52:41 »
I can't do that since the boxes to most of my keyboards met their ends 20 years ago. So I just throw them all in a pile. Most of them rubber domes anyway.
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« Reply #62 on: Mon, 21 September 2009, 00:51:58 »
Your pictures always look so post-apocalyptic.
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Offline rdjack21

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« Reply #63 on: Tue, 29 September 2009, 09:10:52 »
And I bet you have a keyboard for every one of those 100 boxes.
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Offline williamjoseph

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« Reply #64 on: Tue, 29 September 2009, 10:07:09 »
looks like some moisture damage on your box there Ripster......
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #65 on: Tue, 29 September 2009, 13:00:40 »
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I'll probably end up on a ladder picking out Model M's for young promising secretaries.

Yeah, right...

"Hey, nice box!"
« Last Edit: Tue, 29 September 2009, 13:15:03 by Rajagra »
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