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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: scribble on Sat, 04 June 2011, 19:29:31

Title: Father's Day
Post by: scribble on Sat, 04 June 2011, 19:29:31

So this upcoming Father's Day, I'd like to give my dad a gift.

He used to be a user of the IBM buckling spring keyboard which he LOVED. Now he uses rubber dome keyboards at work (he is a coder).

I will be buying him a Cherry MX Blue I believe, does anyone want to recommend one? Currently I use a filco but I got it for really cheap.
What are the "best bang for the buck" Blue cherries out there? I might just get a Das + student discount since that will be around 100.

I encourage all of you to get your dads a keyboard though! :D

Title: Father's Day
Post by: Parabellum on Sat, 04 June 2011, 19:35:24

Ducky's 1087 and 1008 are dirt cheap over at pchome.

Title: Father's Day
Post by: daerid on Sat, 04 June 2011, 19:52:01

Dude, for reals? You should just get him a Unicomp. They're made from the same machinery as the old IBM Model M's (I believe). If he loved the buckling spring, then he'll love a Unicomp cuz they're the same thing :)

Title: Father's Day
Post by: scribble on Sat, 04 June 2011, 21:05:08

Quote from: Parabellum;355699

Ducky's 1087 and 1008 are dirt cheap over at pchome.

Thanks, i'll check those out!
edit: checked it out, they're 1990 Chinese Yuan... which is equivalent to 300 dollars.
hahah where did you find the dirt cheap ones? link? :D
 

Quote from: daerid;355707

Dude, for reals? You should just get him a Unicomp. They're made from the same machinery as the old IBM Model M's (I believe). If he loved the buckling spring, then he'll love a Unicomp cuz they're the same thing :)

haha oohhh i like that idea, and yeah i actually used the buckling spring but i was around 5 at the time, and i HATED it because it was loud, and when i tried to sneak on the computer to play games, my parents would hear the keys! hahah, irony...

Title: Father's Day
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 04 June 2011, 22:37:16

Yeah, I'd just say to get another BS board of some kind.

Title: Father's Day
Post by: audioave10 on Sat, 04 June 2011, 22:55:05

I've bought some from here and they were like new...

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/

Title: Father's Day
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 04 June 2011, 22:58:35

IMHO, either get a unicomp of some sort or find a good, cheap, model m from ebay.

Title: Father's Day
Post by: theferenc on Sun, 05 June 2011, 07:41:23

I would go with the Unicomp, personally. While he would likely be perfectly comfortable with getting a converter for an older Model M, the simplicity and ease of use of USB on the new Customizers is hard to beat. You could still get the 101, though, if you want the old school, no-windows key version. I'm fresh out of bolt modded 1391401's, or I'd offer up one of those.

But I do like this idea...too bad there isn't any sort of wireless converter out there that is cost effective.

Title: Father's Day
Post by: skuzzzzy on Sun, 05 June 2011, 08:08:38

Quote from: scribble;355716

Thanks, i'll check those out!
edit: checked it out, they're 1990 Chinese Yuan... which is equivalent to 300 dollars.
hahah where did you find the dirt cheap ones? link? :D
 

haha oohhh i like that idea, and yeah i actually used the buckling spring but i was around 5 at the time, and i HATED it because it was loud, and when i tried to sneak on the computer to play games, my parents would hear the keys! hahah, irony...

it actually new taiwan dollar

Title: Father's Day
Post by: scribble on Sun, 05 June 2011, 08:51:40

hmmm so you guys recommend a buckling spring over cherry blue?
I thought "newer technology" was better, and because the buckling spring was being used before i was even born, it seems kind of outdated almost

Title: Father's Day
Post by: speakeasy on Sun, 05 June 2011, 08:56:45

Buckling spring requires more force to actuate, but some people actually like that. It depends on personal preference. I prefer buckling spring to my cherry browns.