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Title: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:13:00
It's designed for Windows 95.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Vintage-Microsoft-Windows-95-PC-Concepts-Compatible-Keyboard-NIB-/251523557109?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8ff8e6f5
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:14:20
Welcome back?
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: asdfjkl36 on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:14:42
But if i'm gonna upgrade to Windows 98, will it still work?  :-\
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: Zeal on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:14:59
Quote from: Sifo on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:14:20
Welcome back?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57944.0
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: iLLucionist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:19:28
What would "mechanical soft tactile feedback" mean, especially at that price point.. Or was it like super expensive back then.
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: Zeal on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:26:43
Quote from: iLLucionist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:19:28
What would "mechanical soft tactile feedback" mean, especially at that price point.. Or was it like super expensive back then.

"30 million actuations"

Sounds like Alps? Who knows what kind of advertising tricks manufacturers did in the day. :p
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:51:00
Bigass Enter and small Backspace is a deal-killer for me.

Weren't the Apple switches, salmon/orange, and cream/white dampened, as well as black Alps all considered "quiet tactile"?
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: eth0s on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:58:47
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:51:00
Bigass Enter and small Backspace is a deal-killer for me.

Weren't the Apple switches, salmon/orange, and cream/white dampened, as well as black Alps all considered "quiet tactile"?


or was it "quite tactile"?
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 06 May 2014, 18:05:31
Quote from: eth0s on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:58:47

or was it "quite tactile"?


Ha ha ha, but no. That is the problem. I love those switches, to varying degrees, but wish that they were all more tactile.

As a matter of fact, I am typing this on a (temporary swap-out, just for variety) Dell AT101W with orange Alps transplanted in to replace the original blacks. This is a very nice keyboard!
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: gcb on Wed, 07 May 2014, 23:17:12
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:51:00
Bigass Enter and small Backspace is a deal-killer for me.

You lack the Self-Confidence for this keyboard.
Title: Re: Buy This Keyboard!
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Thu, 08 May 2014, 05:05:22
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 06 May 2014, 18:05:31
Quote from: eth0s on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:58:47

or was it "quite tactile"?


Ha ha ha, but no. That is the problem. I love those switches, to varying degrees, but wish that they were all more tactile.

As a matter of fact, I am typing this on a (temporary swap-out, just for variety) Dell AT101W with orange Alps transplanted in to replace the original blacks. This is a very nice keyboard!

That's also why I liked the dampened white alps better than any of the cream alps I've tried.

My dell now has Matias clicky, and has become something I will rotate between. So much better than the original black alps, and I suspect it was actually a good example of them, and the shiny caps.

For the one in the OP, I actually suspect domes.