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Title: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 11:55:33: If you got a keyboard for Christmas what would you want it to be?

The keyboard I want more than any other is an original IBM Model M space saver with either norwegian or danish layout. (I have no idea if tehy ever exsist)
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Post by: Retox on Sat, 19 November 2011, 11:58:39: I want that sexy-ass filco 104 with aluminum body.... I'l have t contact japanese santa because it's unobtainable in the states.

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Post by: pitashen on Sat, 19 November 2011, 12:06:15: I don't want a keyboard for xmas. I want this:
http://www.abee.co.jp/Product/CASE/AS_Enclosure/DX4_DX3/index.html
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Post by: Nighted on Sat, 19 November 2011, 12:37:27: [ATTACH=CONFIG]32443[/ATTACH]
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Post by: fossala on Sat, 19 November 2011, 12:38:58: I want an industrial spacesaver. Feeling generous ripster?
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Post by: Nighted on Sat, 19 November 2011, 12:39:47: Quote from: pitashen;455527
I don't want a keyboard for xmas. I want this:
http://www.abee.co.jp/Product/CASE/AS_Enclosure/DX4_DX3/index.html

Nice box!
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Post by: reaper on Sat, 19 November 2011, 12:43:03: Definitely a 356L since they're no longer made and I'm a big fan of Linear switches.

(http://i.imgur.com/6TG5R.jpg)
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Post by: demik on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:11:21: 45G realforce 87UB. Or any of the custom made Korean keyboards.
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Post by: Quarzac on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:20:42: I want a WASD to replace the Blackwidow. I like the BW, but I have a number of white keycaps that don't look quite right on it.
Title: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:22:54: Quote from: pitashen;455527
I don't want a keyboard for xmas. I want this:
http://www.abee.co.jp/Product/CASE/AS_Enclosure/DX4_DX3/index.html

That case is pretty sick, if it was silent I would replace my Fractal Design Define with it.
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Post by: pitashen on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:33:16: Quote from: rodtang;455581
That case is pretty sick, if it was silent I would replace my Fractal Design Define with it.

ya... except it is impossible to get unless you have connections in Japan... :( and I don't...
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Post by: Thion on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:34:40: The Miniguru, no question.
(http://www.guru-board.com/pics/prototype_white_keys001.jpg)

Would be cooler with MX Reds, the Choc Mini Layout and keycaps for neo (with different colored backit for each modifier), but you can't ask for too much ;)
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Post by: reaper on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:36:28: ^ I thought it's been cancelled. Haven't heard anything about it for a while now.
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Post by: Ekaros on Sat, 19 November 2011, 13:41:38: 40% or 60% board with iso-layout. That is all, maybe even with thumb-stick...
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Post by: Playtrumpet on Sat, 19 November 2011, 14:00:03: (http://www.stenograph.com/supplyImages/450_diamante_anim.gif)
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Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 15:17:34: Quote from: Playtrumpet;455635
Show Image
(http://www.stenograph.com/supplyImages/450_diamante_anim.gif)
http://www.stenograph.com/marcom/video/diamante/512x388/diamante_web2.html I can't belive I watched the whole thing.
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Post by: fossala on Sat, 19 November 2011, 15:21:24: That is painful to watch.
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Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 16:23:39: Quote from: fossala;455690
That is painful to watch.
Yeah...
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Post by: Playtrumpet on Sat, 19 November 2011, 16:31:01: Haha. And it'll only run you around $5,000.
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Post by: Ekaros on Sat, 19 November 2011, 16:38:19: Quote from: rodtang;455716
Yeah...

Very, very painful...
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Post by: Tony on Sat, 19 November 2011, 17:25:23: A Topre would be my perfect gift. To make it easier for Santa this year. a Filco Camouflage would be fine too.
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Post by: F u r u y á on Sat, 19 November 2011, 17:33:29: Quote from: Tony;455743
A Topre would be my perfect gift. To make it easier for Santa this year. a Filco Camouflage would be fine too.
same!
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Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 18:15:24: I wouldn't be sad if I got this one either http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?19572-My-first-Model-M
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Post by: elbowglue on Sat, 19 November 2011, 19:11:09: Hope I can find something as cool as I found last christmas:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?13648-What-did-you-get-in-the-mail-today-December-2010-XMAS-EDITION&p=268508&viewfull=1#post268508
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=14243&stc=1&d=1293252638)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=14244&stc=1&d=1293252638)
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Post by: rodtang on Sat, 19 November 2011, 19:42:26: Quote from: elbowglue;455801
Hope I can find something as cool as I found last christmas
That looks pretty epic.
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Post by: itlnstln on Sat, 19 November 2011, 20:23:02: Quote from: Retox;455518
I want that sexy-ass filco 104 with aluminum body.... I'l have t contact japanese santa because it's unobtainable in the states.

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Ask Bruce with KeyboardCo if he can get you one. Elitekeyboards could special order them. They were $300 at the time. I don't think there was anything too special about them. You could get with whatever switch/color option you wanted. I think they were just empty shells and they would take an off-the-shelf keyboard, take the guts out and put them in the aluminum shell.
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Post by: Waterdr1nker on Sat, 19 November 2011, 21:01:01: Quote from: itlnstln;455839
Ask Bruce with KeyboardCo if he can get you one. Elitekeyboards could special order them. They were $300 at the time. I don't think there was anything too special about them. You could get with whatever switch/color option you wanted. I think they were just empty shells and they would take an off-the-shelf keyboard, take the guts out and put them in the aluminum shell.

I have never even heard of this. Is this an official model?
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 19 November 2011, 21:12:03: I am already good to go really. If there was a magic fully programmable winkeyless Poker that would be it. But since there isn't... if there was some magic deep pocketed Santa roaming around, a Realforce tenkeyless wouldn't be bad. WTF was with that steno ad? Available in your choice of 3 shades of indistinguishable white, are they kidding?
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Post by: whiskerBox on Sat, 19 November 2011, 21:51:45: HHKB HG With white keys ;)

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Post by: bootstrap on Sun, 20 November 2011, 02:27:18: NIB IBM Model F. :)
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Post by: insilica on Sun, 20 November 2011, 05:09:03: Realforce 87u 55g uniform (Black)
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Post by: mbc on Sun, 20 November 2011, 06:46:47: NIB mx 5000 obviously
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Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 20 November 2011, 12:56:52: I want a NIB Mini because I've been a good boy this year:pray2:
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Post by: rodtang on Mon, 21 November 2011, 04:15:36: Quote from: spolia optima;456185
I want a NIB Mini because I've been a good boy this year:pray2:

This counts for us all.
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Post by: shrap on Mon, 21 November 2011, 14:07:24: Y'all have no imagination. A limited edition existing modern keyboard, that you can actually buy right now?

Think big: M15 (http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/ibm-m15-split-ergonomic-keyboard-hits-ebay-bidding-war-2010101/)
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Post by: jpc on Mon, 21 November 2011, 14:14:08: How about a Kinesis / Unicomp / Contour Design collaboration? I'd like a Kinesis Contoured with 45g Unicomp buckling spring switches, a built-in rollermouse between the thumb clusters, and a real function row :D
Title: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: rodtang on Mon, 21 November 2011, 15:47:20: Quote from: jpc;456849
How about a Kinesis / Unicomp / Contour Design collaboration? I'd like a Kinesis Contoured with 45g Unicomp buckling spring switches, a built-in rollermouse between the thumb clusters, and a real function row :D
This is the kind of stuff I like to see. This is something that could really bring forth unicomp.
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Post by: dimoniy on Mon, 21 November 2011, 19:10:42: I want a board with Cherry Blues which only I can hear...
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Post by: rodtang on Tue, 22 November 2011, 11:16:44: Quote from: dimoniy;457051
I want a board with Cherry Blues which only I can hear...
Or just kill all the people around you.
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Post by: sordna on Tue, 22 November 2011, 12:12:12: The mini-guru http://www.guru-board.com/
or the ErgoDox http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?22780-Interest-Check-Custom-split-ergo-keyboard.
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Post by: tsangan on Tue, 22 November 2011, 12:19:21: Quote from: ripster;455554
I want Totoro in BluRay.
Laputa was better, also on BluRay

But I would want a HHKB HG, or a OTD356 ;3
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Post by: jpm804 on Tue, 22 November 2011, 12:23:54: Any OTD board... that HHKB HG looks nice also.
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Post by: tsangan on Tue, 22 November 2011, 12:41:46: Quote from: jpm804;457519
Any OTD board... that HHKB HG looks nice also.
Those red legs and everything else on it reminds me of a Gundam lol
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Post by: nhwhaup on Wed, 23 November 2011, 03:27:46: Quote from: ripster;455601
Don't you believe in Santa?

I still have hope for my 2011 Keyboard Prediction to become 100% true.

A HHKB3 with arrow keys under the Xmas Tree Santa!

I'll second this but I would choose either a HHB3 with arrow keys but in the silent version or a white 87U variable weighted in the silent version. Does anyone know where I can find either?
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Post by: cactux on Wed, 23 November 2011, 04:12:52: Quote from: sordna;457510
The mini-guru http://www.guru-board.com/
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me2
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Post by: 7bit on Wed, 23 November 2011, 04:54:38: Space Cadet Keyboard with case, NIB!
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Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 23 November 2011, 08:11:52: I'd love to get one of the Ducky XM's that I'd transplant blue ALPS into. Maybe add some pretty doubleshots...mmmm
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Post by: rodtang on Wed, 23 November 2011, 08:21:11: Quote from: SmallFry;458203
I'd love to get one of the Ducky XM's that I'd transplant blue ALPS into. Maybe add some pretty doubleshots...mmmm
Why not just wish for a ducky XM with blue alps and doubleshots?
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Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 24 November 2011, 10:31:42: I like the challenge of the mod:) although I do have some green ALPS, they are nice so maybe I'll put those in...
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Post by: scrubadub on Fri, 25 November 2011, 08:27:24: Sorry, late to the thread.

Even though I'm in love with my all-45g 87U and want to try a 55g for work, I'm fixated for some reason on getting a Poker.
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Post by: zmurf on Fri, 25 November 2011, 12:52:57: Quote from: Thion;455595
The Miniguru, no question.
Show Image
(http://www.guru-board.com/pics/prototype_white_keys001.jpg)

Would be cooler with MX Reds, the Choc Mini Layout and keycaps for neo (with different colored backit for each modifier), but you can't ask for too much ;)

+1 for the miniguru with blue or clears.

But I would settle for a Topre Realforce 105UB Swedish ISO Variable weight AND a Lenovo Thinkpad USB keyboard with trackpoint so I could fuse those two together... :)
Title: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: raynor on Sat, 26 November 2011, 02:48:23: Quote from: Retox;455518
I want that sexy-ass filco 104 with aluminum body.... I'l have t contact japanese santa because it's unobtainable in the states.

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This sounds insane, do you have any more info?
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Post by: Kira on Sun, 04 December 2011, 08:24:38: Hey man funny you mentioned lenovo... I'm on my X220 w/ a KBC Poker on top, I bought myself a really short USB to mini USB cable, now the keyboard is positioned on top of the laptop and I still have access to the trackpad + the two physical mouse buttons.

Would it be hard to remove the trackpoint from the keyboard and mod it into the KBC Poker? I've really wanted the Mini Guru but sadly it failed and I can't help but notice the resemblance it has with the KBC Poker, the key layout is EXACTLY the same. The only difference is that the Mini-Guru has a smaller bezel and has, more important the trackpoint (and also two mouse buttons, but this doesn't matter to me at all).
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Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 04 December 2011, 10:02:00: Quote from: zmurf;458979
But I would settle for a Topre Realforce 105UB Swedish ISO Variable weight AND a Lenovo Thinkpad USB keyboard with trackpoint so I could fuse those two together... :)

Topre Realforce 105UB med svensk layout? ...

Skulle du vara sugen att bli den femte ägaren till den här (http://i.imgur.com/1Yg1o.jpg)?
Den första ägaren slarvade bort den svarta Enter-tangenten, tyvvär.
Du kan få den för 1100 inkl frakt. Jag bor i Stockholm.

Själv gillar jag mina Cherry Clears mer än min Topre.

MVH
/ Johan
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Post by: Clickey on Sun, 04 December 2011, 10:09:28: If I can mod my Phantom to accept non-cherry switches, then I will be happy :pray:
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Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Sun, 04 December 2011, 11:45:09: 45g topre....just cant justify the cost ;((
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Post by: sordna on Sun, 04 December 2011, 18:23:02: Quote from: Kira;463843
can't help but notice the resemblance it has with the KBC Poker, the key layout is EXACTLY the same. The only difference is that the Mini-Guru has a smaller bezel and has, more important the trackpoint (and also two mouse buttons, but this doesn't matter to me at all).

Actually, the Mini guru has WAY better FN layer than the Poker, much more thought out.
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Post by: Kira on Wed, 28 January 2015, 02:09:03: Quote from: sordna on Sun, 04 December 2011, 18:23:02
Quote from: Kira;463843
can't help but notice the resemblance it has with the KBC Poker, the key layout is EXACTLY the same. The only difference is that the Mini-Guru has a smaller bezel and has, more important the trackpoint (and also two mouse buttons, but this doesn't matter to me at all).

Actually, the Mini guru has WAY better FN layer than the Poker, much more thought out.

I guess so, I kinda like the layout on my poker though xD I guess when you use something for a while, u kinda get used to it.
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Post by: bueller on Wed, 28 January 2015, 02:11:39: Holy necro-bump Batman!

I'll play though. I'm pretty happy with my staple of boards now so probably any old Cherry board with OG dyesubs. Preferably an NCR G81-3077, would like to swap the MY board out for an MX PCB.
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Post by: Geroximo on Wed, 28 January 2015, 13:02:58: Model M SSK
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Post by: chyros on Wed, 28 January 2015, 17:23:20: Hmmmm, many SSKs and Topres here.

Northgate OmniKey 102 gold label with Alps SKCM Blue. Give it to me.

(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=61978.0;attach=75188;image)
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Post by: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26: 456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
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Post by: minh278 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:06:15: A 45g backlit topre with stems compatible with mx keycaps.
-one can dream
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Post by: Firebolt1914 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 19:54:35: I really want to try topre, so probably topre. Other than that, either SSK or unsaver.
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Post by: Ramuq on Thu, 29 January 2015, 03:41:46: I would love to get my hands on any type of 40% board... here's to hoping someone starts selling them :D
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Post by: monotagary on Thu, 29 January 2015, 10:15:26: Well, last Christmas I got my Topre fix. I'm working on my dream MX board right now... All that's left is a Kingsaver with Complicated Blues, or a KMAC-esque custom.

But really someone sell me a Kingsaver. ^-^
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Post by: 7Teku on Thu, 29 January 2015, 12:00:26: I'd like to own an HHKB, but someone needs to buy my drum equipment first so I can actually have money to but it. lol
Title: Re: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: Snowdog993 on Thu, 29 January 2015, 15:00:04: I guess the only keyboard I would really like to have is the Steampunk'd Model M. Give me that.
http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard-shtml/
I'm pretty doubtful I will ever get one of them, but I can dream.
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Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:50:00: Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26
456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
christmas came a little early ;)
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Post by: sethk_ on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:54:29: Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:50:00
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26
456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
christmas came a little early ;)
Is that pink board yours?
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Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:55:43: Quote from: pwnnarwhal on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:54:29
Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:50:00
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26
456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
christmas came a little early ;)
Is that pink board yours?
black bb
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Post by: sethk_ on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:56:36: Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:55:43
Quote from: pwnnarwhal on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:54:29
Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:50:00
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26
456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
christmas came a little early ;)
Is that pink board yours?
black bb
What keycap set? Or are you going to use RA? And you can't go wrong with black.
Title: Re: What one keyboard would you want more than any other this Christmas?
Post by: Nai_Calus on Tue, 28 April 2015, 23:01:22: All the keyboards I have my eye on right now are ortholinear or ergo customs.

I really need to get a soldering iron.
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Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 23:02:36: Quote from: pwnnarwhal on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:56:36
Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:55:43
Quote from: pwnnarwhal on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:54:29
Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 28 April 2015, 22:50:00
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 28 January 2015, 18:03:26
456GT w/ lubed 62g clears or vintage blues. That's been my dream board for quite a while now
christmas came a little early ;)
Is that pink board yours?
black bb
What keycap set? Or are you going to use RA? And you can't go wrong with black.
RA for now, really until I found something like a cyrillic cherry set (so probly never :p)