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Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: didjamatic on Sat, 19 June 2010, 22:27:29

Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys $30 shipped (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-CHICONY-KB-5181-Clicky-Keyboard-Blue-Sliders-/360274091481?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item53e2025dd9#ht_1515wt_1137)

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: aegrotatio on Sat, 19 June 2010, 23:13:11

I'm really stupid when it comes to this, but is it CLICKY?

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: aegrotatio on Sat, 19 June 2010, 23:26:00

Okay, I have bought, and I shall let you know.

Thanks!

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: chimera15 on Sun, 20 June 2010, 01:43:31

Same seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-FOCUS-White-Keyboard-w-White-Alps-Sliders-/360274058669?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item53e201ddad (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-FOCUS-White-Keyboard-w-White-Alps-Sliders-/360274058669?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item53e201ddad)

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: elbowglue on Sun, 20 June 2010, 02:31:58

Gawd this seller is awesome

NEC APC H412 - clicky blue sliders, supposed to be NKRO, $60 shipped.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-NEC-APC-H412-Keyboard-Blue-Clicky-Sliders-/360274057706?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item53e201d9ea#ht_1387wt_930

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: elbowglue on Sun, 20 June 2010, 02:41:17

Quote from: aegrotatio;194853

I'm really stupid when it comes to this, but is it CLICKY?

You already have these switches on your rare siig minitouch with blue sliders - it's the full size equivelent to your rare siig..  Yeah, clicky, delightful switch.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: Brodie337 on Sun, 20 June 2010, 02:44:03

The only thing I don't like is that the stroke seems to be really short.... Fantastic switch
besides.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: J888www on Sun, 20 June 2010, 20:19:08

I have been searching for a better dressed Monterey kbd for Months, not really liking the flimsy Chicony casing but the switches are delightful. A shame this seller only ships US, else I would have purchased that SIIG MiniTouch (Montereys) 17 Days passed.

The pic of the switch seem to have some white bit in the centre, hope I'm mistaken but it seems to be part of the cap-stem.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: Mental Hobbit on Mon, 21 June 2010, 09:03:05

Quote from: ripster;195115

Not sure if they are any good.  

Quite easy to find out (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6638&&do=comments&highlight=nec).

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: aegrotatio on Mon, 21 June 2010, 10:10:00

Quote from: elbowglue;194898

You already have these switches on your rare siig minitouch with blue sliders - it's the full size equivelent to your rare siig..  Yeah, clicky, delightful switch.

Yes, this is awesome.  Thanks for the information.  They're sweet switches.

I still am on the lookout for clicky ALPS.  I think I have at least one coming in the mail.  I heard a rumor that SIIG's full-sized Mechanical Keyboard and the DSI equivalent are clicky ALPS but I have not been able to tell for sure.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: elbowglue on Mon, 21 June 2010, 10:40:32

Yeah - if you are near a fry's electronics they have the siig mechanical keyboard on dispaly at fry's, they are clicky alps.  It's overpriced in my opinion but you can try them out there.  The chicony with blue switches actually feels quite white-alps like in my opinion however it is much lighter and crisper in comparison...

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: J888www on Mon, 21 June 2010, 19:30:15

In comparison, the OP switches looks more like Low Profile Blue Sliders (Pic from ALPS Wiki) as seller stated rather than Montereys.

Else

Quote from: J888www;195076

......it seems to be part of the cap-stem.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: aegrotatio on Wed, 23 June 2010, 13:13:25

Just got the keyboard in today.  It's much quieter and the click is more subtle than my Model M but at the same time the Chicony is more pleasant to type on.  The quieter sound looks as if it is due to the thin, plastic case that Chicony prefers.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: spolia optima on Thu, 24 June 2010, 20:26:25

Blue Monties are a treat, for certain.
Just the sound alone makes them worth it.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: spolia optima on Fri, 25 June 2010, 16:18:23

Quote from: ripster;196087

Blue Montys - lol.

Sounds like Canadian Porn.

geekhack is sorely lacking in switch slang IMHO

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 25 June 2010, 16:37:29

Damn, we can't even get the real names right half the time, and you want to talk about slang?

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: spolia optima on Fri, 25 June 2010, 17:39:01

Quote from: itlnstln;196387

Damn, we can't even get the real names right half the time, and you want to talk about slang?

bah, you're no fun.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: ricercar on Fri, 25 June 2010, 17:45:02

Using two names for one thing is bad clarity.
Using the same name for two things is bad clarity.

I an I go to Kingston mon, get me blue monties fo ma cherry gal.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: spolia optima on Fri, 25 June 2010, 18:05:26

Quote from: ricercar;196413

Using two names for one thing is bad clarity.
Using the same name for two things is bad clarity.

Geekhack is not an academic journal.

Quote from: ricercar;196413

I an I go to Kingston mon, get me blue monties fo ma cherry gal.

this i like.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: ricercar on Sat, 26 June 2010, 15:10:18

Quote from: spolia optima;196426

Geekhack is not an academic journal

My observation is still valid. It's a multipurpose rule. Works for comic books, gangbanger slang, and technical documentation, too.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: Voixdelion on Sat, 26 June 2010, 21:14:24

Quote from: ricercar;196712

My observation is still valid. It's a multipurpose rule. Works for comic books, gangbanger slang, and technical documentation, too.

Gotta agree after my pos/crap/chute misread of one of Ripster's earlier comments today.

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: aegrotatio on Sat, 26 June 2010, 22:47:00

I'm going to clean it up and put it in the permanent collection.
It's filthy and the switches are a bit less noisy than my equally filthy Monterey SIIG Minitouch.

Now it's time to collect real and fake ALPS clicky which, to be frank with you, was the whole point of buying those two keyboards.  I still do not have a clicky ALPS.  I will probably buy a DSI ASK-6600 and make myself get used to the slightly wrong layout.  I used to work daily on a SGI Indy workstation and I hated that clicky keyboard like death (which is precisely why I bought three brand-new-old-stock IBM Model M Space Savings from Jameco in 1999) so I'm not too sure I really do like clickly ALPS after all.  I certainly don't like clicky Cherry Blues but the mistique is more the reason for my search.

Enough rambling...

Title: Chicony 5181 w/Blue Montereys
Post by: isp on Sun, 27 June 2010, 19:07:50

I caved in and picked up the NEC APC H412 this afternoon.  Intriguing board I suppose, allegedly lighter than cherry blues and the NKRO was a bonus.   Really just a combination of boredom and curiosity I guess.  :-)  

I'll probably put it back on ebay if it's not my cup of tea...