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Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Mon, 07 March 2011, 20:54:27
Selling this to fund the creation of a custom board I am building.

Barely used!
MACOSX tested and approved!

KRO Discussion
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=271904&postcount=43 (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=271904&postcount=43)
If you want NKRO (THIS ISN'T THE BOARD FOR YOU)


Comes with cherry brown switches and I am including a blank red esc key.

SOLD!

Pictures don't do it justice, it is pure white.

(http://geekshelp.org/carlos/images/geekhack/sales/plu871.jpg)
(http://geekshelp.org/carlos/images/geekhack/sales/plu873.jpg)
(http://geekshelp.org/carlos/images/geekhack/sales/plu872.jpg)
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: reaper on Mon, 07 March 2011, 21:45:39
Man, I would buy this if it was black.

Anyway, good luck with sale.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: iMav on Tue, 08 March 2011, 02:36:27
Gotta take a pic with the no-win key toggled.  :)

BTW, I use my PLU-87 every day (hooked up to my work laptop's docking station).  I have nothing but good things to say about this keyboard.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Tue, 08 March 2011, 06:10:32
Quote from: iMav;307432
Gotta take a pick with the no-win key toggled.  :)

Just realized I had the P and no-win key flipped. Fixed and new shots updated. Thx for the reminder iMav :)
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: OverZero on Tue, 08 March 2011, 09:49:20
I'm kind of a noob, so sorry if this is a stupid question... What does the "P" key do and why is the windows key lit up?
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 08 March 2011, 09:57:57
Not sure what the P key is, but the no win key is the lit up blue key on the bottom, to the right of the space bar.  This button functionality, when lit up/on, disables the windows key.  

This allows people who play full screen games or anything full screen to not accidently hit the windows key and throw them out of full screen.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Tue, 08 March 2011, 11:52:10
Quote from: OverZero;307619
I'm kind of a noob, so sorry if this is a stupid question... What does the "P" key do and why is the windows key lit up?


P Key is for the F row media functions.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 08 March 2011, 12:16:43
Quote from: kidchunks;307703
P Key is for the F row media functions.


Wow dude.  I had an Otaku version, and I didn't even the PLU had media keys....
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Tue, 08 March 2011, 12:21:51
Quote from: DanGWanG;307717
Wow dude.  I had an Otaku version, and I didn't even the PLU had media keys....


Yep :biggrin:

They come in handy!
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: heathkit on Thu, 10 March 2011, 01:36:36
I thought the PLU had trouble with OSX?  Are you connecting via PS/2?
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Thu, 10 March 2011, 06:45:23
Quote from: heathkit;308937
I thought the PLU had trouble with OSX?  Are you connecting via PS/2?


Nope, plu works fine on osx. I tried both usb and ps2.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Wed, 16 March 2011, 08:29:07
Bump with a price drop!
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 16 March 2011, 09:29:49
Is it nkro?
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: cgoldberg on Wed, 16 March 2011, 12:45:06
not too familiar with Plu...

how is the build quality of this vs. a filco tenkeyless?
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 16 March 2011, 12:53:13
They are made in different factories in different locations. You are only good at taking pictures and making jokes =P (+destroying stuffs *googling Bush*)
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 16 March 2011, 13:06:05
Quote from: ripster;312735
Meh.  Similar to Ducky/Noppoo since PLUM is the OEM of those.  

Ooops.  Classified thread.  How RUDE!  I'll delete this as soon as someone posts a real review in the review section.


PLUM isn't the OEM of Ducky. That's like saying PLUM made Filco.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: bytemeavaj on Wed, 16 March 2011, 13:18:27
Hey Ripster, are these aluminum backplates like the Ducky? Similar typing experience?
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: digitalleftovers on Wed, 16 March 2011, 13:29:21
Quote from: ripster;312744
Who makes the Ducky?

My Ducky came with a pamphlet advertising the other ducky models, and the DAS Pro S, so perhaps whoever makes the Das makes Ducky?  That may help determine if it is not PLUM.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: DanGWanG on Wed, 16 March 2011, 13:38:02
Quote from: digitalleftovers;312753
My Ducky came with a pamphlet advertising the other ducky models, and the DAS Pro S, so perhaps whoever makes the Das makes Ducky?  That may help determine if it is not PLUM.


Costar makes Das. (http://www.costar.com.tw/products01/?p_sid=32)
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: DanGWanG on Wed, 16 March 2011, 14:45:10
I actually really like the PLU...a lot.  The color is perfect, not beige or off-white, it's true white.  The Filco's are more of an off-white.

The build quality could be better, but I'm not complaining.  It's designed, almost identical, to the Filco.  Only a slight difference in function buttons and a line that goes through horizontally between the F and number rows.  The casing is more plasticy feeling versus the Filco's brushed aluminum feel.

The stock keycaps (at least on my Otaku set) don't sit on the switch like the Filcos do.  They are not as tight of a seal, which I actually prefer.  If you've owned the KBC PBT keycaps, it's something similar to that.  Feels a little lighter/loose than your standard Filco browns.  Loose may be the wrong word, it doesn't rattle or anything.

Only bad thing I hate about it is, that the spacebar doesn't have the same type of stabilizer that the Filco uses.  I don't even think it uses a stabilizer in the spacebar...

Check out how awesome it looks in my sig.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Wed, 16 March 2011, 15:09:12
Wow didn't think a $5 difference in price would yield so many replies!

Quote from: ripster;312794
Definitely 2KRO though.

Forgot, nkro is a touchy subject around here. Didn't post information on it as I thought it was already clear it had issues. Anyways for those curious buyers.
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=271904&postcount=43 (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=271904&postcount=43)

Updated first post with KRO Link.

Quote from: DanGWanG;312805
Only bad thing I hate about it is, that the spacebar doesn't have the same type of stabilizer that the Filco uses.  I don't even think it uses a stabilizer in the spacebar...

Really? This one has stabalizers on the space bar identical to filco. Other than the clips (filcos being clear and plu being black).
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: bakageta on Wed, 16 March 2011, 15:10:52
Quote from: ripster;312735
Meh.  Similar to Ducky/Noppoo since PLUM is the OEM of those.  

Ooops.  Classified thread.  How RUDE!  I'll delete this as soon as someone posts a real review in the review section.

I haven't used a Ducky G2, but yeah, I'd agree the build quality is similar to the Noppoo. That's not a bad thing, really, it gave a pretty overall impression of quality to me. I preferred it over the Choc Mini, but that was mostly because I didn't like the Choc's layout after using it for a day or two. If someone doesn't need NKRO, which is overrated imo, the ML-87 is a great board, and one of the cheaper ways to get browns, short of a used Cherry board.
Title: Plu ML-87 White
Post by: kidchunks on Thu, 17 March 2011, 20:43:50
Sold, thread can be closed!