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Offline brimborion

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Greetings from Austin
« on: Thu, 15 January 2015, 14:50:50 »
Hello, keyboard enthusiasts. I've long enjoyed mechanical keyboards (and good keyboards of any type). I think the first one I tried was a Lexmark with a large DIN connector, or maybe the old AT keyboard with the F-keys down the side (awesome!).

I'm a computer programmer, and I play some games, mostly western Fantasy RPG style. I also play pen&paper RPGs and like fountain pens. I play music, though not as much as I used to. I was born in the early 70s and the first computer I owned was a CoCo II. It had a terrible keyboard that went SPROING! when you touched it.

So far I've accumulated a few keyboards I like:
Clicky:
IBM Model M 42H1292 (it is TOO a real model M!)
Unicomp Customizer (getting repaired. I spill way too much tea.)
Unicomp Linux 101
Das Keyboard Model S Professional (Cherry MX Blue)
Rosewill RK-9000 (Cherry MX Blue)

Non-Clicky:
IBM Model M  71G4644 rubber dome
IBM KB-8923 (underrated)
Some Key Tronic that are my favorite inexpensive keyboards

Now I need to go search and see how to make a cool signature with pics.

And today I come to you sitting on the fence over a Topre Type Heaven for my PC desktop and a Matias Tactile Pro for the Mac I do music on (I have a music keyboard with rubber transport controls, so no worries about a loud CLICK whenever I stop recording :)
Buckling Spring: 42H1292,  1391401, Unicomp Linux 101, Customizer 104 | Cherry Blue: Rosewill RK-9000, Das Keyboard S Pro | Cherry Black: Wyse/Link 840358-30| Rubber Dome: various Key Tronic, HHKB Lite, HHKB Lite 2, KB-8923, 71G4644 | Topre: Type Heaven | ALPS: Matias Mini Tactile Pro, 2xKBP V60

Offline jdcarpe

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Re: Greetings from Austin
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 15 January 2015, 15:23:45 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Influx from central Texas recently. I love it!
KMAC :: LZ-GH :: WASD CODE :: WASD v2 :: GH60 :: Alps64 :: JD45 :: IBM Model M :: IBM 4704 "Pingmaster"

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Re: Greetings from Austin
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 15 January 2015, 19:32:22 »
Welcome to GH!

that's a nice collection of boards you got there!
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Greetings from Austin
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 16 January 2015, 00:23:49 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Surprisingly there is a thread on the KB-8923!

And this thread should help you with keyboard pixel art in your signature.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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