Still the same keyboard after all this time....

[Snowdog993]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

[dgneo]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

[jdcarpe]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

The keyboard is the least dusty thing in that pic lol

[atarione]

I'm using the Filco I bought in 2015 .. no plans on changing

[Snowdog993]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

Ran out of pledge. You got some?

[dgneo]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

Ran out of pledge. You got some?

[Snowdog993]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

Ran out of pledge. You got some?

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Thanks for your help!

[Findecanor]

At home, I have been using mostly the keyboard in my signature since I built it. The first run of the Phantom in 2012.

[jdcarpe]

Whew, finally found it. If anyone is interested in reading how Snowdog993 converted his terminal Model M into a full blown Model M, you can find that post here

[Hyde]

Not sure if this qualifies for it, this is my FIRST mechanical keyboard.

After about 12 keyboards later I still use this keyboard frequently.



Das Keyboard (first keyboard), along with Filco (second keyboard), and Topre Type Heaven (first topre) are still my top 3 favourite keyboards in my collection.

[MGMorden]

On my main system I'm still using a Unicomp that I bought back in 2009.  I only tend to change keyboards on my work system or secondary machine.  If it weren't for the creaky/flexible cases IMHO the Unicomp would be darned near perfect.

[OfTheWild]

I mean honestly, if you're only ever going to use 1 keyboard... why are you here? )

[Snowdog993]

I mean honestly, if you're only ever going to use 1 keyboard... why are you here? )

Good question! *Vanishes in a POOF of logic.*

[xondat]

I thought I'd just say that I am still using this keyboard.
That thread about "What keyboard are you using now?" drives me crazy.
Of course I am using the same keyboard that I was then.
I wonder how many of us actually use the same keyboard for a longer period of time.
I know I do. How about others here?

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pls dust

Ran out of pledge. You got some?

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Thanks for your help!

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This is brilliant :)) Thanks dgneo!

[Snowdog993]

This is brilliant ) Thanks dgneo!

The only thing is, I wish people (not ppl) would (not wld) learn (not lrn) how to be literate. PLEASE. (not pls)

[OfTheWild]

You would think a community where people love to type, you would see a lot less of the short-hand.  )

[jdcarpe]

u wud think

[Puddsy]

u wud think

im livin my best life

pls

[xondat]

This is brilliant ) Thanks dgneo!

The only thing is, I wish people (not ppl) would (not wld) learn (not lrn) how to be literate. PLEASE. (not pls)

Such as "keeb", where did we go wrong

[Puddsy]

This is brilliant ) Thanks dgneo!

The only thing is, I wish people (not ppl) would (not wld) learn (not lrn) how to be literate. PLEASE. (not pls)

Such as "keeb", where did we go wrong

keeb is a direct offense to everyone who is active in this hobby

i dislike it

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I'm still using my 2010 Filco Majestouch 105 (MX Blue). Other than one switch that needed switch cleaner applying, it is otherwise still working perfectly. The second one I bought at the same time for work (MX Brown), I abandoned as—in addition to several repair jobs to fix a bad key position—a load of keys went bad on it and I decided it wasn't worth battling with any more. Instead, for work I'm still using the Poker II I've been using for four years now.

Neither keyboard is perfect, or close to perfect, but I have no desire at present to replace either one. There's nothing I could replace the Poker II with that would be objectively better, and while a TKL would suit me better at home, I may as well keep using what I have while I can.

[Puddsy]

I'm still using my 2010 Filco Majestouch 105 (MX Blue). Other than one switch that needed switch cleaner applying, it is otherwise still working perfectly. The second one I bought at the same time for work (MX Brown), I abandoned as—in addition to several repair jobs to fix a bad key position—a load of keys went bad on it and I decided it wasn't worth battling with any more. Instead, for work I'm still using the Poker II I've been using for four years now.

Neither keyboard is perfect, or close to perfect, but I have no desire at present to replace either one. There's nothing I could replace the Poker II with that would be objectively better, and while a TKL would suit me better at home, I may as well keep using what I have while I can.

filcos are secret OP

i used one for like 4 years basically until i got my mira all ready to go

[Snowdog993]

Whew, finally found it. If anyone is interested in reading how Snowdog993 converted his terminal Model M into a full blown Model M, you can find that post here

Thank you jdcarpe! Threads like this are hard to find and should be preserved instead of lost in the shuffle!
It's much appreciated!

[lemur]

I've been using this one since I got it as a donation from a family friend in the mid 1990s with a PS/2 50z computer...

It has been either my 'main' keyboard, or my secondary board in constant use since that time.. I personally have typed tens of millions of words into it (lots of IRC!)



here it is in the year 1999ish on my secondary desk in my awesome 'hey I am a teenager I can have a giant wall of empty cans if I want' basement bedroom..



I do have other 'better' buckling springs model M boards (tossed out a ton in the 90s before I knew theyd be 'worth' anything, like most of us probably did)....  but this just happened to be the one I kept using.

No busted rivets, no mods.. just works!

^{(wait.. I am using the same desk all these years too.... maybe I should upgrade)}