Lowest profile mechanical?

[graywolf]

A IBM buckling spring has no moving metal contacts.

I'm pretty sure most Geekhackers consider IBM Model Ms to be mechanical.  They ping for example.   I don't recommend using ping as the determining factor.  People get upset and report me when i say Ping.

I type 100% on a Model M, I have taken it apart. I even posted photos on GH. It IS a rubber dome keyboard. Of course, it does have a lot of mechanical stuff between the rubber dome part and your fingers to make it feel good. Rubber dome keyboards are not bad keyboards. Bad keyboards are bad keyboard however they are made. And, of course, good keyboards are good keyboards however they are made.

By the way mister expert, what kind of key switch did they use in the IBM Selectric Typewriters? Some times what I think I need is a Selectric Terminal for my computer.

[Clickey]

Pretty sure the selectric uses capacitive switches

[Lenny_Nero]

Free BSD with a pretty face is what I say.

Thats what I understand it to be, free BSD with the Darwin shell on top.
But then I am able to resist the "Jobs reality distortion field"

As to the op if your keyboard it too high move your chair up a bit.

[Ekaros]

Isn't Model M membrane keyboard? And there is mechanical hammer over membrane, rubberdomes have rubberdome over membrane? So they use same basic technology two plastic sheets which make circuit when contacted. Difference is what makes these contact, each other. Acer switch uses same principle, but much more basic.

[peda]

Now you guys are just cruel.

Ripster's head will explode when he comes online.


Anyway on topic: arplot, did you find your answer already?

[woody]

Anyway on topic: arplot, did you find your answer already?

Lowest profile mechanical? Perhaps the Cherry G84 series as already pointed.

[arplod]

Now you guys are just cruel.

Ripster's head will explode when he comes online.


Anyway on topic: arplot, did you find your answer already?

So just to bookend this thread, Yes I did thanks. Thanks to those who posted answers.

[sapht]

Why low profile?

I find flat keyboards encourage me to rest my wrists near their base which increases wrist pain, rather than decreases it. I have a Cherry ML-84 and it's basically good for nothing. Wouldn't use it for anything except being my only compact PS2.

In opposition, the keyboard I feel the least pain using is the Model M, because it /requires/ me to pull my wrists up and use real muscles to type on the keyboard in order to actually depress any keys. And that keyboard has like the biggest curvature I've seen. Love how it positions those F1-12 keys, can hardly stand the regular flat layout since getting it.