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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: SCTony on Wed, 04 November 2009, 22:10:33
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Hello. My name is Tony and I am an addict...
Today, for the first time, I found - and didn't buy- a mechanical keyboard in a local thrift shop. It was difficult to not purchase it, but I resisted. It was a Dell AT101W for $3, dirty but functional. My pulse quickens whenever I see a keyboard in a thrift store wondering what it is... I have too many already but I still get the urge to get another one. I guess my wife was right when she said I was obsessive/compulsive. I didn't pass up the Selectric II though. :help:
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This is not really the place to ask for help with a keyboard addiction. Most of us are in the same boat. Instead of helping you quit buying keyboards we will suggest some you don't have yet. Hmm lets see no Cherry browns or Blues that I can see in that list. Oh man you need to add a Model M space saver and a M13 as well. I could go on and on but I really don't want to tempt you too much :)
Myself I'm in recovery mode and really trying hard to resist getting more keyboards for the time being (after my bank account recovers a little more I'm going to quit this resistance stuff it is too hard).
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tsk, i don't see any topres either...
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Lol some help you guys are. I would love a Topre I think, but that will have to wait until work picks back up...or maybe tax time. I am using the Keytronic Designer right now which may be a crude approximation of a Topre. I really enjoy this Keytronic board quite a lot.
The Selectric works well except for one problem. The print head binds on the left margin limiter sometimes on return. The key feel is superb. I wonder which feels better - beam spring or Selectric? Yikes- I have no beam spring either.