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Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: stuiees on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:10:58: I had some family over the other day, and was showing off my new 30" monitor to my dad an brother. My brother couldn't help but ask "what's up with your keyboard?" (RF 86u). I began to explain to him the advantages of the feel, durability, built quality etc. My dad then chimed in and said "it uses springs instead of a flat pad huh?" while nodding his head in approval. I was shocked! My dad is not the most techy guy in the world (I buy all his electronics for him from cordless phones to his LED LCD tv) unless he impulse buys something from QVC or something (I usually scold him for doing so because you can usually find better for cheaper than what QVC offers). But he knew about mechanical keyboards, granted a rudimentary level of understanding but understood none the less. Meanwhile my brother who is 28 stood with a blank stare bedaffelded.

I was wondering if the beauty of mech KB has totally skipped a few generations since model M's are no longer mass produced. I was curious how old are you other geekhackers? I understand these aren't toys and expect a majority of mature adults here but was curious are most if us 30+ 40+ 50+ like my dad or what.

I will start. I am 26 and only really became exposed to mech keyboards less than about two years ago. Granted I remember using BS keyboards back when I was in grade school but has no idea what was what. I only bought my first mech about 2 months ago and truly live it.

Am I on the young end of the spectrum of mech kb users? Just curious after having that encounter with my dad and brother.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: ironman31 on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:19:09: There's a poll around here somewhere, but I'm 20.

Here: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=5929
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Post by: bugfix on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:20:06: 19
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Post by: keyboardlover on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:24:42: I'm 28 and I have yet to convert anyone, but like you I explained it to my dad and he was interested. As a writer and typist of many years though, I'm not surprised. He loves his Macbook Pro scissor switch. Nice keyboard.

Most folks: "It's just a keyboard".

GeekHackers: "Keyboards are SERIOUS business!"
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Post by: Muhi on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:26:38: 25, but I haven't actually bought a mechanical keyboard yet. My last experience with them was the Apple Extended Keyboard for typing classes. Still my favorite keyboard ever to date. That being said, considering that there are only two generations after mine, I don't think it's skipped any.
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Post by: chimera15 on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:28:07: It's probable that it did skip a generation. I'm 37. My exposure to mechanical keyboards was with the original pc at in high school, and after going through cheap logitech/rubber domes month after month in my 20s, since I do a lot of typing I remembered how great the old pcat keyboard felt. I also realized I could probably find one on ebay which I did and that began my re interest in mechanicals, which eventually led me to find the minitouch and this board. During the 80's the pcat mechanical keyboards were exceptionally expensive to own, if you happened to be able to track one down. In the 90's, they were viewed as trash, and only during the later 90's and early 2000's when ebay came about would you even be able to find one even if you knew what you were looking for.

The alps and cherry boards didn't receive much if any advertising in general media so few knew their advantages or how they felt. It was only till ebay made some models affordable that you could become exposed to them. I found my first siig minitouch for $25 on ebay just by typing in compact mechanical keyboard. It was the only real mechanical compact that came up. This was about 2 years ago now.

It took a lot of proactive research on my part to search out and find exactly what I wanted. Most people don't have a reason or probably even an idea of how to go about it, if they even have had the exposure to know that mechanicals are longer lasting, infinitely repairable, and feel 100 times better than cheap rubber domes.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: stuiees on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:29:45: Quote from: ironman31;278587
There's a poll around here somewhere, but I'm 20.

Here: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=5929

Cool and voted. I was surprised to see the majority in the 20-30 age group.
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Post by: sixty on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:30:07: Quote from: ripster;278597
29.6. I'm just the average Geekhacker.

Did you swap some digits? :rolleyes:

26 here.
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Post by: 7bit on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:36:03: Quote from: ripster;278597
29.6. I'm just the average Geekhacker.

Quote from: sixty;278601
Did you swap some digits? :rolleyes:

26 here.

You where too quick!

Judging from some pic I saw in some other thread, he must be around 69.2 .

My date of birth is: 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC

Must be 40 something.

BTW: If someone is fully unaware of what is inside a keyboard, guessing it is a spring doesn't require too much technical understanding.
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Post by: Muhi on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:41:43: Quote from: 7bit;278608
BTW: If someone is fully unaware of what is inside a keyboard, guessing it is a spring doesn't require too much technical understanding.

A spring might actually be the more obvious answer.
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Post by: bugfix on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:43:21: Quote from: 7bit;278608
My date of birth is: 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC

date +%s

eh?
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Post by: Muhi on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:44:18: Quote from: ripster;278610
Wow, I'm a New Year's Eve baby! That's awesome!

My mom told me it was immaculate conception.

I see what you did there.
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Post by: chimera15 on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:44:53: Quote from: Muhi;278613
A spring might actually be the more obvious answer.

In cases of the older generation, and old buckling spring keyboards, that's pretty much all there actually is....
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Post by: guilleguillaume on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:45:14: I'm 21 and I voted in the Poll.
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Post by: stuiees on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:46:17: Quote from: 7bit;278608
You where too quick!

Judging from some pic I saw in some other thread, he must be around 69.2 .

My date of birth is: 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC

Must be 40 something.

BTW: If someone is fully unaware of what is inside a keyboard, guessing it is a spring doesn't require too much technical understanding.

He understood there was a spring loaded under each key vs the typical pad (rubber dome). That was a deeper understanding of mech kb than my 28 yr old brother. Like I said; rutementery understanding, but that is essentially what defines a mech.
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Post by: eMps on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:54:46: 23 represent!
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Post by: bugfix on Fri, 14 January 2011, 13:54:50: Quote from: ripster;278626
I concluded long ago that anyone under 30 can't even tune a car anymore. Rotten mechanics, the younger generation.

Cars are boring anyway.
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Post by: keyboardlover on Fri, 14 January 2011, 14:09:07: As someone who used typewriters for years (including electric and otherwise) my Dad understands the importance of tactility in typing very much and love the whole 'mechanical keyboard' concept. I toyed with the idea of giving him a Realforce as a gift but he loves his MBP keyboard so much I don't want to try to force a switch :D
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Post by: ricercar on Fri, 14 January 2011, 15:14:16: Quote from: ripster;278610
My mom told me it was immaculate conception.

Jesus, Ripster.
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Fri, 14 January 2011, 15:18:27: 17 as of yesterday.
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Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 14 January 2011, 15:47:45: 32 with a bullet. I was on vacation on my birthday. Actually, I was at a Vino Volo in the San Antonio airport having a little B-day celebration waiting for my flight to Chi-city.
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Post by: Philth on Fri, 14 January 2011, 16:34:31: 21.
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Post by: javifast on Fri, 14 January 2011, 16:45:57: 38, yes, yes..I know...he he..
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Post by: woody on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:30:25: What's a mechanical keyboard?
Like a transformer or something?
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Post by: turbocharged on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:35:43: Turned 25 last month.

Quote from: ripster;278626
I concluded long ago that anyone under 30 can't even tune a car anymore. Rotten mechanics, the younger generation.

Rephrasing that to "most people under 30 can't tune a car"...And it depends on what your definition of tune a car is. I'm sure that my definition is a bit different and much more involved.
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Post by: stuiees on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:39:41: Quote from: turbocharged;278724
Turned 25 last month.

Rephrasing that to "most people under 30 can't tune a car"...And it depends on what your definition of tune a car is. I'm sure that my definition is a bit different and much more involved.

When I hear "tune" and "car" in the same sentence I think FI. I am sure you do too based on your handle/avatar.
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Post by: woody on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:41:23: Quote from: turbocharged;278724
And it depends on what your definition of tune a car is.

Like in "tune a car to A440" ? Then it would be reasonancable.
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Post by: polpo on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:42:31: I'm 30 (yay, I'm in the 21-30 group)! I've been using mechanical keyboards since 1988. At home we had an IBM Model M, then a Focus 2001, then a Dell AT101. In grade/middle/high school we had Model Ms until the last few years. In college I used the computer lab filled with SGIs, which mostly had the Granite keyboards.

I've had a recent dalliance with scissor keys, though.
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Post by: George7 on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:03:31: I'm 19. Only recently experienced mechanical boards and loved them immediately. Looking at buying myself one for home use at the moment! Expensive business though :(
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Post by: manfaux on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:10:05: im 23, started this whole keyboard craze thing about 2 years ago.
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Post by: iMav on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:13:54: I'm 40. Learned to type in typewriting class in high school. Used a typewriter in college. Had a TI-99/4A I monkeyed around with in high school. Had a C-64 for a few years. Bought my first PC after I got out of the Air Force in 1992.
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Post by: gore on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:24:23: Another 26 year old checking in!
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Post by: Minskleip on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:30:27: I'm 25 I think. The Super Unix Guy at the place I worked at were using an old clicky keyboard and it got me so fascinated Igottacatchemall!

When I hear 'tune a car' I think about cons cells and cdr haha. What's in the back of my cdr? A cadr lol
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Post by: HaaTa on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:34:44: 22. Started looking into keyboards when I realized I only used my left hand to type (2007).
Frogboard looked kinda neat, as well as the Maltron (but couldn't swallow the price at the time for something I'd have to buy on faith).
A few months later, discover Unicomp, buy a board from them. Beer destroys it, order a Cherry board. Later, ordered another Unicomp spacesaver for work.
Discover GeekHack while researching keyboard layouts in 2009, wallet has hated me ever since.
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Post by: turbocharged on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:44:12: Quote from: ripster;278732
Let's start easy. You know how to get FM and AM radio stations?

Child's play :)

My definition of "tuning" a car is based solely around the engine management systems. Adjusting fuel and ignition maps, etc etc. Or if you prefer older cars...it's tuning carburetors and distributors.

This is what I use...

(http://www.picsbyalvaro.com/misc/map/base.jpg)
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Post by: Sam on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:55:25: I guess I'm the old geezer around here. Let's just say that I'm quite a bit older than the next oldest who's posted in this thread (iMav at 40). When I first got into computers, the keyboards were quite mechanical, as in card punches. You'd typically punch up a bunch of cards and submit them for batch processing, then come back later and get your printout of the result. Needless to say I was thrilled when I built my first computer (an S-100 bus system) which I had all to myself. I initially had to code in machine language and toggle in the code via the front panel, but still thought it was great. Soon after built a terminal which connected to the system via an RS232 port and was able to have an interactive system where I typed on a keyboard and saw the results on the screen. While modern computers are great, I do often miss those old days.
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Post by: iMav on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:08:20: Quote from: Sam;278773
I guess I'm the old geezer around here. Let's just say that I'm quite a bit older than the next oldest who's posted in this thread (iMav at 40).

And you're probably in your mid-to-late 40's (based on the technology you describe). It is amazing how fast computing technology evolved once it got a foot hold.
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Post by: CodeChef on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:20:07: I'm bringing up the rear... just 16 here. I'm barely more than a fetus compared to Ripster!
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Post by: Sam on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:31:07: Quote from: iMav;278780
It is amazing how fast computing technology evolved once it got a foot hold.

Yeah, back in the old days a "computer nerd" was something special and everyone was thankful to be able to use your services. These days they're a dime a dozen. Initially the PC technology was driven mostly by businesses needing bigger and powerful computers. These days it seems to be driven by gamers. I used to always want the latest and fastest of everything. These days the technology has far surpassed my needs and I don't really care if I'm running hardware that's a couple years old or not. I guess if I was into gaming though, I'd still be chasing acquiring the latest hardware.
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Post by: theferenc on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:46:50: I'm 28. Turn 29 in about a month.

For me, I've always known about mechanicals. Even used them fairly frequently in school (CS grad student), but I never felt the need to get one, because they aren't the correct layout, and they are a bit pricier than the sun keyboards I'd been using.

Then I started wearing them out on average of every 6 months or so, found the HHKB, and discovered I can mod my Model M to be the right layout, and now I'm happy. I even bought a custom layout Unicomp, which is a joy to type on.
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Post by: Phaiger on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:52:46: Quote from: turbocharged;278769
Child's play :)
Show Image
(http://www.picsbyalvaro.com/misc/map/base.jpg)

(http://bancomicsans.com/image/bunnypunch.png)

On Topic: 26y old, got addicted around the age of 4 by my granddad, caved in to a Filco (brown) some month ago.
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Post by: fssbzz on Fri, 14 January 2011, 19:59:12: 21 =d
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Post by: sLeezy on Fri, 14 January 2011, 20:53:50: 25
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Post by: Johannes on Sat, 15 January 2011, 02:10:31: 17. Got into mech a few months ago (tenkeyless Filco with browns), and I love the feel, but having grown up with domes, I'm actually quite annoyed by the "top-out" noise and keycap rattle of the Filco, so I'm considering a Topre... Yeah, I'm that crazy already :)
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Post by: mooremanifestation on Sat, 15 January 2011, 02:18:55: I'm 41. I remember using my father's BS IBM keyboards when they were new, but never paid much attention to them. The first keyboard I really appreciated was my Omnikey I got in college. These forums have motivated me to dig it back out of the closet, but now I'm itching to find something better.
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Post by: Ascaii on Sat, 15 January 2011, 02:34:16: Quote from: keyboardlover;278637
As someone who used typewriters for years (including electric and otherwise) my Dad understands the importance of tactility in typing very much and love the whole 'mechanical keyboard' concept. I toyed with the idea of giving him a Realforce as a gift but he loves his MBP keyboard so much I don't want to try to force a switch :D

Same situation here, ended up giving my dad a g80-3000 with Blues and he loves the sound and feel, reminds him of his typewriter...^^.

I'm 24 by the way.
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Post by: mrsone on Sat, 15 January 2011, 03:44:16: I am 27. I don't ever recall ever having used or heard of a mechanical keyboard, even in school. I am sure I must have had exposure to an Apple Extended Keyboard II at some point, but I don't remember what it felt like. I personally came to know about mechanical keyboards after doing a search on YouTube on videos related to how to improve typing accuracy. A lot of the typists who had high accuracy on typing tests there recommended mechanical keyboards. So I decided I'd try one.
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Post by: Madidas on Sat, 15 January 2011, 07:41:30: I'm 18 now and never used mechanical keyboard. Dad bought his first computer in the end of the 90`s. The first game that I played was pinball. I bought my own computer in 2007 if I remember right. First time I stumbled in mechanicals about two years ago, didn understand anything... Now looking to buy Filco Tenkeyless Blue, first mech and hopefully not the last one...

P.S. Sorry for typos, I`m not used to write in English and I blame the keyboard (see sig).

EDIT: I voted also...
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Post by: db_Iodine on Sat, 15 January 2011, 07:55:25: Quite a few younglings in here, including myself. Just 22.
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Post by: Eric5676 on Sat, 15 January 2011, 10:39:05: 34 although technically not a user yet but soon to change.
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Post by: WXGhoul on Sat, 15 January 2011, 11:58:49: 22. It's nice to spend on things like a mech board while still having the excuse of youth on your side.
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Post by: Ghostpixel on Sat, 15 January 2011, 13:00:34: I'm 33 :)
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Post by: digitalleftovers on Sat, 15 January 2011, 15:38:30: I'm 25. I just got my first mechanical about 5 months ago. I love it! I got the filco 104 "Otaku" from EK. I knew of the existance of mechanical keyboards, and was aware of the paradigm shift in keyboard design in the last 15 years or so, but I had no idea that there was an entire community devoted to keyboards, or HID's for that matter.

A co-worker told me about geekhack after I asked him why his keyboard was so loud! He has a unicomp customizer. Long story short, I am looking forward to getting another board for work so I can CLICK-CLACK away with the unicomp. :smile:
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Post by: BigDov on Sat, 15 January 2011, 16:22:25: 40 here, and as stated elsewhere, I grew up with mechanicals and I really miss typing on them- as you all can attest, they're just 'better'. My first ( a Deck 82 purchased from ricercar ) isn't even here yet, and I'm thinking about another one I'd like to get already.
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Post by: elef on Sat, 15 January 2011, 16:27:01: 28, which, surprisingly, makes me older than the average geekhacker. Ouch.
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Post by: msiegel on Sat, 15 January 2011, 16:41:57: 41; long live mechanical keyboards! :D

you whippersnappers ;)
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Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 15 January 2011, 17:03:31: I'm 35.

I have been computing since 1988 when I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas (I had wished for an Amiga 500.. but anyway), and I have been working as a computer programmer since 1998. All this time, I have always been very picky about the feel of my keyboards, but I did not delve much into the technology inside them until this spring, when I stumbled upon this site. Since about 2002-2003, I have been collecting, building, tinkering and obsessing about the details with movie prop replicas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop_replica), and that has worked up a certain mentality in me. I find that there is some of the same mentality here, only here it relates a little bit more to the tools that I use for work. If it weren't for those things, I don't think that I would have become as active here as I am today.
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Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 15 January 2011, 17:51:19: How old is Ripster anyway? I'd ask him but he fell asleep.

(http://www.breathebetterair.com/older-man-napping-in-cha.jpg)
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Post by: bugfix on Sat, 15 January 2011, 17:54:40: (http://cdn.fpcontent.net/fp/emoot/psyduck.gif)
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Post by: Kolt on Sat, 15 January 2011, 19:31:23: I'm 17. *flexes*
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Post by: audioave10 on Sat, 15 January 2011, 22:38:53: I learned to type on an Underwood metal typewriter at age 14. It must have weighed 13 lbs. However, I never used PC's until the year 2000. So even at an age of 55, I also missed the clicky-keyboard years. I've been using them now for less than two years. You can be too young OR too old.
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Post by: elef on Sun, 16 January 2011, 05:32:47: Quote from: ripster;279157
Or bad at Math.

At N=326 the poll says Avg = 29 years old. (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=5929)

Maybe this is why many NKRO testers can't figure out the difference between Minimum and Maximum?

Oh good. I misremembered the average as being 26.9. My memory is not what it used to be...
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Post by: Jerri on Mon, 17 January 2011, 14:59:25: I'm 22, Had my first IBM Model M, when i was 4 years old :-). Then i used Mech Boards until i was about 13. Since a few days i am back with a Model M, and my Filco should arrive soon, too!
I'll won't use a rubber dome board again ;)
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Post by: runeazn on Mon, 17 January 2011, 15:29:32: 14 rofl :D
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Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 17 January 2011, 15:44:41: Quote from: runeazn;279999
14 rofl :D

Shocker.
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Post by: runeazn on Mon, 17 January 2011, 15:46:37: well if you visited my thread which you certainly did, and notice why panda calls me princess.
you would've known

and no i aint a girl -.-
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Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 17 January 2011, 15:48:07: I could have sworn you weren't a day older than ten. How wrong I was.
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Post by: runeazn on Mon, 17 January 2011, 15:48:48: lol?
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Post by: Apocrypha on Mon, 17 January 2011, 18:53:05: I'm not as old as the keyboard in my desk:

(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8506/ibmr.jpg)
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Post by: audioave10 on Mon, 17 January 2011, 22:44:39: Now THAT is different! What is that IBM used for?
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Post by: msiegel on Mon, 17 January 2011, 22:50:19: that's the keyboard from the PCjr :)

and don't call me junior!
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Post by: Sam on Mon, 17 January 2011, 23:01:18: Quote from: Apocrypha;280109
I'm not as old as the keyboard in my desk:

Do you actually use that? I've never met anyone who liked the PCjr keyboards. There were two varieties that I recall. The first one being absolutely horrible, then an updated one which was better but still nothing like the full-sized PC and AT boards.

The original one also used an IR interface if I remember correctly. Don't know if the updated version also still used the IR or not. If it is an IR interface, how did you interface it to your PC? Please don't tell us that you're using an IBM PCjr computer with it.:eek:

I once had a client who had a PCjr and dreaded having to visit him and type on that keyboard.
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Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 17 January 2011, 23:11:06: Two-Five.
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Post by: Apocrypha on Mon, 17 January 2011, 23:25:38: We sold the PCJr quite a while ago, and I don't recall ever using it myself. And hell no, I have no idea how I'd even connect it to my computer.

It has both the IR port and something else that looks like a phone line jack.

But just trying to type on it is terrible, there's easy way to move between rows because there's huge gaps. The space bar isn't that bad though, no flex!

And it's the keyboard IN my desk, not the keyboard ON my desk. I doubt I could even connect it anymore.
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Post by: thrab on Tue, 18 January 2011, 00:45:05: 26. Never used a mechanical keyboard until about a year and a half ago. Fell in love immediately. Can't stand normal membrane pieces of garage anymore. Scissor switch is ok in a pinch though.
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Post by: bettablue on Wed, 16 February 2011, 21:57:57: Well, well, well... 51 here. I guess I one of the old fartson GH! I used several mechanical keyboards in college. My first IBM was a model F, but as things progressed, I used the model M too. I actually started earlier than the model f too. We had these Daisy Wheel printer/keyboard terminal stations I actually took my first programming class on. I started writing code in COBOL on that one. Wow, that was a long time ago. Then as most of us, things happened and I got started using rubber dome keyboards like everyone, OK almost everyone. That's why when I started hearing about "clicky" keyboards, I immediately began looking for one. I'm so glad I got my model M.
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Post by: Rairden on Wed, 16 February 2011, 22:07:27: 26 old years. I will soon be dead in a few more of those. :(
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Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Wed, 16 February 2011, 22:14:27: I am 12 and what is this? :suspicious:
No, actually I'll be 22 in a couple of months. Haven't had my (working) board for long, realise now what I've been missing.
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Post by: raeb on Wed, 16 February 2011, 22:21:32: Don't post much, but about to be 27 in a couple months.
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Post by: pitashen on Wed, 16 February 2011, 23:11:36: 2...2.....28!!

*Blush*
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Post by: theferenc on Wed, 16 February 2011, 23:32:27: It's fascinating who is choosing to respond in this thread and who isn't...
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Post by: xira on Thu, 17 February 2011, 01:30:05: 22
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Post by: slueth on Thu, 17 February 2011, 01:41:44: 21 :) Pretty much the perfect age. Jealous?
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Post by: noctua on Thu, 17 February 2011, 01:45:33: I'm younger than iMav, older than ripster and i looks much better in real life as he.. :wink:
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Post by: Twitchy on Thu, 17 February 2011, 04:13:26: Quote from: slueth;296578
21 :) Pretty much the perfect age. Jealous?

Not at all because 39 is the perfect age! ;)
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Post by: denydog on Thu, 17 February 2011, 04:38:13: I attended a community dinner a couple of months ago, and standing at the door where they were collecting the money, I looked up at the price list on the wall. It was at that moment that I had the sudden, and surprising realization that I qualified for the senior discount price, and by just a few days. Paying less for food, a right of passage for sure.

I'm still not sure how I feel about the whole thing. Ambivalent about the aging, but the fact that I can't do anything about it, and the fact it definitely saved me some money makes it a win I guess.

I can say I evolved from birth in a parallel path with computers, though I have no idea what type of keyboards I was using in the early days. Many were of an industrial variety, used in an industrial setting.

BTW- Speaking of old age, my wife gave me Mass Effect 2 for a Valentines day gift. She knows nothing of PC games, but she said she just googled games for people that liked Crysis Warhead. What a sweet lady! I had wondered several days earlier, why she had asked me out of the blue, what game I was playing.

I replaced the Vista on her laptop with Windows 7 in return.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: slueth on Thu, 17 February 2011, 04:58:25: Aw thats sweet denydog.. Mass Effect 2 is super badass. There is some romance in it too *nudge nudge wink wink *
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: Garry on Thu, 17 February 2011, 09:20:42: Quote from: 7bit;278608
You where too quick!

Judging from some pic I saw in some other thread, he must be around 69.2 .

My date of birth is: 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC

Must be 40 something.

BTW: If someone is fully unaware of what is inside a keyboard, guessing it is a spring doesn't require too much technical understanding.

Nice, epoc baby. I would have to alter my unix machine to default to unix time and display my age as the date :D

I'm 32 btw
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: RiGS on Thu, 17 February 2011, 09:24:37: 25
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: Hak Foo on Thu, 17 February 2011, 22:14:44: The bad news, 7bit, is that in 2038 you'll mysteriously NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN YET.

As for the poll:

30, but I often order off the pensioner menu (it's cheaper and sometimes less vast portions). I really dislike that Village Inn restructured their pensioner menu-- it used to offer meals with a half-slice of pie (itself like $2.50) for like 6.50.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: sawedust on Fri, 18 February 2011, 22:45:10: 21 with a couple of years experience.

Puts me closer to the mid-20s :P
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Post by: TheStentch on Mon, 21 February 2011, 08:51:17: 23
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Post by: Eclairz on Mon, 21 February 2011, 09:20:28: 28.9
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Post by: bugfix on Mon, 21 February 2011, 09:21:22: Geezers.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: microsoft windows on Mon, 21 February 2011, 09:27:36: How old do you think I am?
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: bugfix on Mon, 21 February 2011, 09:30:05: At least 50.
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Post by: HaveANiceDay on Mon, 21 February 2011, 10:06:50: I'm 25. Sup~
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Post by: Canada on Mon, 21 February 2011, 13:18:17: I am 20 years old.
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: Canada on Mon, 21 February 2011, 13:19:59: Quote from: ripster;298844
Canada is older than that.

Or at least Canadians all act like they are 70 years old.

Oh ho ho. I suppose all Canadians say "eh" too, eh? :p
Title: How old are mech KB users?
Post by: db_Iodine on Mon, 21 February 2011, 13:56:15: Quote from: microsoft windows;298742
How old do you think I am?

The age of your oldest computer +10 years.