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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: MehStrongBadMeh on Tue, 01 March 2016, 21:50:43
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Greetings,
I am MehStrongBadMeh, and I am no stranger to mechanical keyboards. I have amassed a small collection of mostly vintage keyboards. This includes a good old Model M, a bizarre NEC APC-H410E, a cute little Cherry G84-4100, and another Model M that I refurbished and modded into a blank, black, usb keyboard. In addition, I found an old Dell AT101W in the back storage room of where I work and use that as my work keyboard. My main, however, is a Corsair K95 RGB with Cherry MX Blue switches. I have replaced the G-keys with transparent relegendable keycaps and I am slowly replacing the F-row with transparent artisan keycaps based around around a robot/armor/tech theme. I like lighting them up in whatever color I choose using the RGB lighting. I eventually plan to replace its full keyset after it starts to wear down (I have some ideas for working around the bottom row). I prefer clicky switches, like the Cherry MX Blues and Buckling Springs.
Recap of boards mentioned:
- IBM Model M - Buckling Spring
- IBM Model M (modded) - Buckling Spring
- NEC APC-H410E - NEC Oval Blue
- Cherry G84-4100 - Cherry ML
- Dell AT101W - Alps Complicated Black
- Corsair K95 RGB - Cherry MX Blue (pictured below)
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Man, kudos for the homestar runner theme (http://i.imgur.com/3zm1R07.gif)
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Welcome to Geekhack!
A very nice collection you have :)
I have an NEC APC-H4100E, which is basically the same as the APC-H410E, maybe regional difference or something. Interesting the way it actuates BEFORE the click.
If you like buckling springs, have you tried MX green switches? Just like blues, but much stiffer :)