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Offline Harry_Y

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« on: Tue, 08 June 2010, 20:38:50 »
I just ordered a couple of these off of Amazon for $37.92 each

It comes with an AT style end so I added an AT to PS/2 adapter for one
and on the other I'll probably just change out the cable to a PS/2 type.

I figured if I don't like it I'll just use it on my milling machine.

Does anyone know if they are good or bad?

Thank you

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Offline erricrice

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 08 June 2010, 21:48:55 »
Ooo, sorry, you did bad.  Dem's rubber domes.  And bad ones at that

More here.
« Last Edit: Tue, 08 June 2010, 21:51:00 by erricrice »
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Offline Harry_Y

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 08 June 2010, 22:35:20 »
Quote from: erricrice;191139
Ooo, sorry, you did bad.  Dem's rubber domes.  And bad ones at that

More here.

Dang, oh well good thing they were cheap
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Offline didjamatic

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 08 June 2010, 23:38:17 »
Since it's amazon, you can return it.  If you find any wording in the listing that is inaccurate, they will cover return shipping and give a full refund.
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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 09 June 2010, 00:13:39 »
Next time, check with us first...  =D
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Offline Harry_Y

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 09 June 2010, 07:26:38 »
Quote from: Nonmouse;191178
Next time, check with us first...  =D


Yep!

I was Lurking, Ordered the keyboards, then joined here.

They won't go to waste since I can put one on
my milling machine and the other on my server.
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Offline aegrotatio

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 10 June 2010, 12:27:53 »
Hey, they're not bad.  These keyboards are great.
You're probably going to get one with black keys (no grey keys) unless the vendor has new/old stock of the original SIIG with the two-tone look.  My warranty replacement turns out to be all black.

This board is also still being produced by BTC as the BTC-5100C in both black and ivory models.  The ivory model is two-tone.  My kid and I were swapping the black and ivory keycaps for a new look.
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Daily Drivers: Ducky DK1087XM || DSI ASK-6600 || Rosewill RK-9000 BL, BR, BL, and RE || ABS M1 || Das Keyboard Silent || HHKB Lite and Lite 2 || DSI Big Font (kids love it)
Yearning for: Any ALPS keyboard || Any tenkeyless mechanical keyboard
Permanent collection: Poker Blue and Brown || Adesso MKB-125B || SIIG MiniTouch Geek Hack Space Saver || Chicony 5181 Monterey Blue || Chicony 5191 Clone Cherry Blues || Key Tronic 3600 || Unicomp Endurapro & SmarTrex || A crate of IBM Model M and Model M Space Saving boards || NeXTstation Slab || Amiga 3000 || BTC-5100C black and beige || SIIG MiniTouch Plus black and beige
Retired collection: SIIG MiniTouch Monterey Blue || Razer BlackWidow

Offline chimera15

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Siig Kb1941 (Did I do Good or Bad?)
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 10 June 2010, 12:38:06 »
They're not completely horrid, just not mechanical. They also I believe still have a pcb, so you can hack them and add mechanical switches to them if you want.  My steampunk mechanical hack is based on the btc board which is the same as those.
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Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx

Offline Harry_Y

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 10 June 2010, 12:53:17 »
I ordered an Siig Minitouch with ALPS (GH version) so
I'll just use these on my server and my milling machine
and the good one on my desktop
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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 10 June 2010, 14:36:34 »
The btc board version of this that I had was the only keyboard that I've ever used that  made my fingers hurt after a couple of hours of typing on it. lol  Probably the rubber domes are too stiff initially until they get some wear on them.
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Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx

Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 11 June 2010, 11:28:03 »
Harry, where did you find the ALPS Minitouch board?
***EDIT*** I just noticed you said "GH" version.

SPeaking of feel and breaking in, the earlier SIIG rubber dome board has a softer feel.  The replacement one (with unmistakeable BTC label on the back next to the SIIG one) is stiffer and takes a few weeks to break in.

I have been using these boards at work every day since they first came out.  They last about five years.  The SIIG-branded model has a five-year warranty.  The only real complaint I have is the arrow key arrangement, but we Emacs and vi users don't use arrow keys that much.

In stores now is a mini, laptop-style keyboard sold by SIIG which I won't be using.

The BTC 5100C model comes with a PS/2 port.  Yow!!
« Last Edit: Fri, 11 June 2010, 11:33:33 by aegrotatio »
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Daily Drivers: Ducky DK1087XM || DSI ASK-6600 || Rosewill RK-9000 BL, BR, BL, and RE || ABS M1 || Das Keyboard Silent || HHKB Lite and Lite 2 || DSI Big Font (kids love it)
Yearning for: Any ALPS keyboard || Any tenkeyless mechanical keyboard
Permanent collection: Poker Blue and Brown || Adesso MKB-125B || SIIG MiniTouch Geek Hack Space Saver || Chicony 5181 Monterey Blue || Chicony 5191 Clone Cherry Blues || Key Tronic 3600 || Unicomp Endurapro & SmarTrex || A crate of IBM Model M and Model M Space Saving boards || NeXTstation Slab || Amiga 3000 || BTC-5100C black and beige || SIIG MiniTouch Plus black and beige
Retired collection: SIIG MiniTouch Monterey Blue || Razer BlackWidow

Offline Harry_Y

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 11 June 2010, 12:27:54 »
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......... but we Emacs and vi users don't use arrow keys that much.
.........

You just eased a concern I had, that it would work with Linux

I figured it would but.......
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Offline Harry_Y

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 11 June 2010, 16:40:02 »
Well the ones from Amazon came in today. They are all black and not like the picture.
I'm undecided on weather or not I like the all black keys, I did like th two tone like in the picture.

It is a bit stiff compared to other rubber domes i have felt (I'm using it now) .

I don't think I would like this as a daily driver but for a machine I type on rarely it should be fine.
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Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #13 on: Sat, 26 June 2010, 12:52:31 »
I'm looking for people who have the two-tone black model of the SIIG Minitouch Plus.  I once had two but they both had keys break on them and I replaced them under the 5-year warranty with the newer single-tone black model.  This new model is also the one with the "BTC-5100C" label on the back.

I'm wondering though if anyone has the two-tone black model could tell me if there are write stabilizers under any of the wider keys.  THe keyboard has mounting points for them but they are not present.  I believe the keycaps use extra posts and some plastic landing chads to stabilize the key as much as possible but I don't really remember the older two-tone black model to be as unstable so I'm wondering if the older model had a wire stabilizer.
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Daily Drivers: Ducky DK1087XM || DSI ASK-6600 || Rosewill RK-9000 BL, BR, BL, and RE || ABS M1 || Das Keyboard Silent || HHKB Lite and Lite 2 || DSI Big Font (kids love it)
Yearning for: Any ALPS keyboard || Any tenkeyless mechanical keyboard
Permanent collection: Poker Blue and Brown || Adesso MKB-125B || SIIG MiniTouch Geek Hack Space Saver || Chicony 5181 Monterey Blue || Chicony 5191 Clone Cherry Blues || Key Tronic 3600 || Unicomp Endurapro & SmarTrex || A crate of IBM Model M and Model M Space Saving boards || NeXTstation Slab || Amiga 3000 || BTC-5100C black and beige || SIIG MiniTouch Plus black and beige
Retired collection: SIIG MiniTouch Monterey Blue || Razer BlackWidow

Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #14 on: Sat, 26 June 2010, 13:24:50 »
The two-tone dark grey on black looks really good actually (yeah, it would be awesome to put some new keyswitches on one of those boards). I wish keyboards today were still two-tone, call me nostalgic, but I like it.

Speaking of which, someone with a black model M should place some dark grey keys on it and see how a two-tone would look on one of those.
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