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Offline matchstik

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Hello from Toronto!
« on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:54:37 »
Hey everyone, I literally stumbled across geekhack through a google search, trying to figure out why my new Rosewill RK-9200 felt squishier on my wide keys than my Das Keyboard.

I muck about a lot with electronics and soldering, so of course the idea of building my own keyboard is really intriguing to me. Now I'm planning my ideal layout and trying to get some friends on board to buy a few so I can build a bunch at once and save some money.

This place seems like a great resource, and looks like there's plenty of people willing to ship up to Canada too which is very nice. Looking forward to being a part here!

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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:57:28 »
Welcome !
Since you're from Toronto , this thread might be interesting to you: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70449.0
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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 11:18:59 »
Hi from Toronto. There are lots of us! East York checking in.
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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 11:45:38 »
I am technically from Toronto.
Although I now live in London.

Edit: London, Ontario that is.
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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 11:48:24 »
Hello from North York / Waterloo ON!

I came here wanting to make on own board. And instead I've purchased a crap ton of boards/kits.

Offline matchstik

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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 08 April 2015, 14:57:43 »
Hello from North York / Waterloo ON!

I came here wanting to make on own board. And instead I've purchased a crap ton of boards/kits.

That seems to be where I'm headed too for now. Thanks guys, if I'm around the weekend of the meetup I'll try to drop by!

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Re: Hello from Toronto!
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 12 April 2015, 01:16:39 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Is the answer to your question that the Rosewill has Cherry stabilisers whereas the Das has Costar?  Cherry stabs are usually mushier, although apparently you can clip them, but my Ducky Shine 3 allegedly has pre-clipped stabilisers and feels the same as my Shine 1.
"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

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