geekhack

geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: wsxdr on Mon, 27 June 2016, 23:02:16

Title: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: wsxdr on Mon, 27 June 2016, 23:02:16

Corsair, Logitech, Das, Deck, Ducky, Filco, and?

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: klennkellon on Mon, 27 June 2016, 23:11:05

If we're talking current keyboards:

KBParadise

Matias (matias switches)

Unicomp (buckling springs)

KUL

Topre (topre)

PFU (hhkb)

Leopold

Noppoo

Keycool

Royal Kludge


There's more I don't remember off the top of my head.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: Bigpock on Mon, 27 June 2016, 23:48:17

Razer blackwiddow with rgb backlighting

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: y11971alex on Tue, 28 June 2016, 00:00:21

Active manufacturers: Rapoo, Nappoo
Non-active manufacturers: IBM, Univac/Unisys, DEC, Amdahl... basically any big computer firm made their own keyboards.

Early computers didn't have industry standards (apart from IBM's 80-column card) as far as I know, so each computer could only use the keyboard it shipped with or some very similar models from the same manufacturer. 

If you plug this:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/72/43/e5/7243e5ca0b8e2b6904c7ca66f264fb63.jpg)

into this:

(http://www.computer-history.info/Page4.dir/pages/IBM.704.dir/images/IBM709.jpg)

Both will probably explode in a cloud of expensive fireworks.

Incidentally, the bank of switches on the control panel to the lady's right is actually the "keyboard" of the IBM 709.  You use it to input a 32-bit binary word into a selected memory address, which probably means it has the most direct input method ever, directly editing a memory location.  I wonder if that is considered "mechanical" enough... :D

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: KnivesM on Tue, 28 June 2016, 00:13:37

Cooler Master, Steelseries, WASD

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: supamesican on Tue, 28 June 2016, 07:56:39

man that univac board looks like it would be fun to use

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: algernon on Tue, 28 June 2016, 08:26:59

Do manufacturers with only one model count? If so, then ErgoDox EZ and keyboardio.

There's also Kinesis Corporation, and Maltron, both with some variety of models.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: Muted on Tue, 28 June 2016, 13:12:14

Ultimate Hacking Keyboard, Truly Ergonomic Keyboard, Type Heaven, Vortex, Realforce,  Redragon, Rosewill, Adesso.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: keyladding on Tue, 28 June 2016, 13:23:15

Deck and Logitech

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: Blaise170 on Tue, 28 June 2016, 14:06:29

Now that the Cherry patent expired, there are literally hundreds of independent manufacturers vying to get into the scene so the field of manufacturers has changed massively, even from just last year. Just search Taobao and you'll see mechanical keyboards from companies you've never heard of like Lingyi, GANSS, or WolfBlaze.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: davkol on Tue, 28 June 2016, 16:52:51

ITT people confusing brands and manufacturers.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: klennkellon on Tue, 28 June 2016, 21:03:27

Quote from: Muted on Tue, 28 June 2016, 13:12:14

Ultimate Hacking Keyboard, Truly Ergonomic Keyboard, Type Heaven, Vortex, Realforce,  Redragon, Rosewill, Adesso.

The Realforce and TypeHeaven are actually just names for Topres own keyboards.

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: davkol on Wed, 29 June 2016, 05:55:59

Yeah, and for example Das is actually a product line of Metadot, and the products themselves have been made by various manufacturers (Key Tronic, Cherry Corp., Costar, another one or two OEMs).

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: SBJ on Wed, 29 June 2016, 07:14:39

Varmilo makes keyboards, and they have a forum on here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=192.0

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: xtrafrood on Wed, 29 June 2016, 08:02:17

Xerox

Title: Re: List of Manufacturer of Mechanical Keyboard?
Post by: Lepidus on Wed, 29 June 2016, 08:15:45

Quote from: davkol on Tue, 28 June 2016, 16:52:51

ITT people confusing brands and manufacturers.

This. Most of the brands posted here only order, design or rebrand stuff.

Costar, iOne, SolidYear, Togran, TG3, Datacomp, i-Rocks, ZHH are a few examples of actual manufacturers.