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Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: xsphat on Mon, 21 January 2008, 20:51:01: Well, where are all you people? I'm bored.
Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: iMav on Mon, 21 January 2008, 21:17:18: Quote from: xsphat;2533
Well, where are all you people? I'm bored.

I'm here. ;)

And I've got two 84-key Model M spacesavers on their way here from an Ebay seller. I ALSO have some vinyl dye on the way...so I will have some pics of something interesting in the near future.
Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: xsphat on Mon, 21 January 2008, 21:37:49: It a couple weeks I'll order me newest, so I'll have something too.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Tue, 22 January 2008, 02:47:14: I'm waiting on a Mac ergonomic spacesaver from ebay - I'll see how that turns out.
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Post by: xsphat on Tue, 22 January 2008, 05:57:35: A what?

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Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: xsphat on Tue, 22 January 2008, 05:58:26: An Apple adjustable?
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Post by: fkeidjn on Wed, 23 January 2008, 01:47:52: Nobody else bid on it but me (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150205706160&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005). I was actually surprised that I wasn't outbid.
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Post by: iMav on Wed, 23 January 2008, 06:51:49: Quote from: fkeidjn;2553
Nobody else bid on it but me (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150205706160&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005). I was actually surprised that I wasn't outbid.

WOW! Looks like you got yourself one heck of a deal!

Congrats.
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Post by: Whiskey in the Jar-o on Wed, 23 January 2008, 07:26:00: Speaking of ebay... I'm experiencing buyer's remorse right now. I jut bought a Microsoft Multimedia Natural Keyboard (new). I bid in the last 5 minutes a couple of times, having firmly decided that I don't actually want it... I think I was kind of pissed off at getting sniped at the very last minute of an auction for an MS Natural Pro a couple of days ago, which I really did want. So I thought why not make life a bit more expen$ive for someone else. So is the correct terminology backfire or blowback?
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Post by: iMav on Wed, 23 January 2008, 08:01:40: Quote from: Whiskey in the Jar-o;2560
Speaking of ebay... I'm experiencing buyer's remorse right now. I jut bought a Microsoft Multimedia Natural Keyboard (new). I bid in the last 5 minutes a couple of times, having firmly decided that I don't actually want it... I think I was kind of pissed off at getting sniped at the very last minute of an auction for an MS Natural Pro a couple of days ago, which I really did want. So I thought why not make life a bit more expen$ive for someone else. So is the correct terminology backfire or blowback?

I've never seen an item on ebay I just HAD to have. So I typically just set my max bid at the top dollar I am willing to pay. If I get it, fine. If I don't, then congrats to someone else that was willing to spend more than I was.
Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: ashort on Thu, 24 January 2008, 22:47:41: Quote from: xsphat;2533
Well, where are all you people? I'm bored.

I just returned from a 5-night Caribbean cruise. :-D
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Post by: xsphat on Thu, 24 January 2008, 23:07:49: Quote from: ashort;2594
I just returned from a 5-night Caribbean cruise. :-D

Oh yeah, that's why I hate you :P I'm in the middle of damn Wisconsin right now.
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Post by: iMav on Fri, 25 January 2008, 00:35:52: Quote from: ashort;2594
I just returned from a 5-night Caribbean cruise. :-D

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Oh yeah, that's why I hate you :P I'm in the middle of damn Wisconsin right now.

I actually prefer the middle of Wisconsin to a Caribbean cruise.
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Post by: xsphat on Fri, 25 January 2008, 00:48:44: You crazy iMav, crazy. Right now, it's -2 F and we are in a warming trend ...
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Post by: fkeidjn on Fri, 25 January 2008, 01:54:56: I think he means that it's more peaceful up there than being on a cruise, where the original purpose was to be peaceful to yourself and your fellow cruise-mates, not orgy-ridden and disturb those who want to sleep during the night, lol
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Post by: xsphat on Fri, 25 January 2008, 02:08:11: See, that would matter to me, but I'm in the orgy.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Tue, 29 January 2008, 22:39:21: Quote from: iMav;2557
WOW! Looks like you got yourself one heck of a deal!

Congrats.

One deal it was, but I have gotten what I have paid for. A bunch of keys are defective on the main keyboard, but the keypad works fine. I think I'm going to have to solder the defective ones with the ones from the keypad (I have two keypads). I haven't counted how many though. I hope it's less than 22.
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Post by: xsphat on Tue, 29 January 2008, 22:46:44: That sucks, man, I'm sorry. I got my Apple with orange Alps sliders and the f and b don't work. I bought it off some tool that took six months to ship it to me, so no chance of a return there.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Tue, 29 January 2008, 23:48:09: I'm not a pro at soldering, but I might try it, since I don't have much of a keyboard to start out with.

I'm also debating with myself if I were to pick between the two, should I get the Realforce or the HHKP2?
Title: Where'd everybody go?
Post by: xsphat on Wed, 30 January 2008, 00:09:42: I'm a firm believer in buying both if I can't decide. Later on, I just eBay the stuff I don't want.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Sat, 02 February 2008, 00:35:49: Does anybody have both? I want a keyboard that has a strong sound. Which one? Youtube sucks at sound playback.
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Post by: xsphat on Sat, 02 February 2008, 01:46:05: What kind of sound do you like? I prefer the clicky and springy sound from my Alps boards with black and orange sliders, but there is something satisfying about the HHKB Pro and the Cherry switches have a sound all their own. By your sig, it looks like you have several Cherry boards and an Alps and a buckling spring, so let us know what you're into.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Sat, 02 February 2008, 02:11:18: I don't really like the Cherry keyboards that much because of it's high-pitched sound compared to the Alps switches. I want something with low undertones. I like the Model M because it has a crisp sound, which makes the high overtones negligible enough for me. Lately, I've been using the SGI granite colored keyboard with white Alps (tactile non-clicky). It feels and sounds similar to the Apple Extended II keyboard (family number M3501), just to let those who have one know what I have sounds like.
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Post by: xsphat on Sat, 02 February 2008, 02:32:49: I recommend you try capacitive switches. They have a duller thud than even the Alps, but they aren't too loud. Plus, they aren't high pitched at all and sound nothing like the Cherry's.
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Post by: xsphat on Sat, 02 February 2008, 02:39:38: The other thing about these swtches is they have some sort of a snap feeling when you push the keys and it is really satisfying.
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Post by: iMav on Sat, 02 February 2008, 03:49:21: Quote from: xsphat;2719
The other thing about these swtches is they have some sort of a snap feeling when you push the keys and it is really satisfying.

With the capacitive switches, your tactile feedback is exclusively provided by springs.
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Post by: fkeidjn on Sat, 02 February 2008, 21:44:27: Would you say that the keyswitches are similar to this one? (http://park16.wakwak.com/~ex4/kb/main_fujitsu_fkb4700.htm) The one in the link is the one I have currently. Has anybody with an HHKP2 tried pulling out a keycap and looking at it?
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Post by: iMav on Sat, 02 February 2008, 22:15:23: Quote from: fkeidjn;2739
Would you say that the keyswitches are similar to this one? (http://park16.wakwak.com/~ex4/kb/main_fujitsu_fkb4700.htm) The one in the link is the one I have currently. Has anybody with an HHKP2 tried pulling out a keycap and looking at it?
Check out the last post on this page (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=181&page=4).

Dude, you POSTED (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=181&page=5) in this thread! :)
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Post by: fkeidjn on Sat, 02 February 2008, 22:36:59: Aww poop, I forgot I asked that question, but anyways, I'm assuming that they are similar in construction? So does that make me a HHKP2 owner wannabe (even though the one I have was made during the 90s)?