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Title: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: TheBasic on Thu, 12 September 2019, 16:29:18

Hi,

I've recently been looking at a lot of vintage keyboards on Ebay because they've caught my eye. I love gaming, is there a good vintage keyboard you would recommend to me? I've no idea which ones are good and which ones are ****.

Many thanks

Rhys

Title: Re: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: switchnollie on Fri, 13 September 2019, 13:06:21

Welcome :)

Whichever keyboard feels good to you isn't ****.

Title: Re: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: TheBasic on Sat, 14 September 2019, 07:41:13

Yea but you do have any models to advise so I dont waste my money?

Title: Re: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: ideus on Sat, 14 September 2019, 08:01:18

You can do well with any board carrying blacks. You may ask the seller to remove one key and send you a picture to verify it.

Title: Re: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: Rob27shred on Sat, 14 September 2019, 10:00:02

Look for Cherry G-80XXXX models for pretty decent PCB mounted boards from Cherry with super awesome keycaps. Almost any older ALPS boards that can be easily made to work over USB (Apple AEKs & AEKIIs, Dell bigfoots with the linear mod on SKCM blacks, etc.) are all a good choice too if you can find a clean one. The cleanliness of ALPS switches is super important as they are a little more sensitive to dust getting into them & gunking up the works. I've gamed on a good bit of the mentioned boards & didn't have any issues with them. Hope this helps you out a bit!

Title: Re: New to Vintage Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: TheBasic on Sat, 14 September 2019, 17:32:02

Thanks man, really appreciate it!