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Title: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: supernothing on Thu, 24 December 2015, 11:12:22
Hi Forum,

New member and new mechanical keyboard user from Malaysia.

Don't really care much about mechanical keyboards before until I found me some IBM Model M and a WYSE Black Cherry MX (Terminal) keyboard in one of soon to be decommissioned Data Center I work in. Cut story short, I was hooked. And further reading brought me to the poisonous realm of custom keyboard (such a sucker for custom DIY stuffs). Since every search on google brought me here, I figured I register and start learning and join the discussion.

Already bought me a teensy board for the WYSE keyboard. Waiting for it to arrive is the pain now.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays  :D
Title: Re: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: livingspeedbump on Thu, 24 December 2015, 12:47:18
Nice! Doing a soarers mod with the teensy?
Title: Re: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: supernothing on Thu, 24 December 2015, 21:09:01
YES!

First i thought I was going to cut the plate and remove the numpads. But since it's my first keyboard project, with fear of failure i decided to play it safe and preserve the keyboard form factor. Let's try the minor mod first :D
Title: Re: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: bocahgundul on Thu, 24 December 2015, 21:42:13
Wellcome to GH, My advice is get HHKB next
Title: Re: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: supernothing on Fri, 25 December 2015, 06:22:34
I seriously had to google that. still learning all these jargon and short forms. I am seriously thinking about shrinking the keyboard size. Will read more about this HHKB.
Title: Re: Hi, new to mechanical keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 28 December 2015, 04:11:05
Welcome to Geekhack!

There is a recommended reading thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68372.0).  One of the links therein is the glossary - highly recommended.

I wish I worked in a data centre throwing out keyboards like that :))