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Offline Gabriel_Ruan

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« on: Tue, 06 March 2012, 06:11:51 »
I'm [less] ignorant.

1) Where does one purchase a KBC Poker with reds?

3) Does the HHK roof fit on the Poker? What is a keyboard roof?

Thank you.
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Offline cactux

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 06 March 2012, 06:16:37 »
Most of those answers are in the wiki. By reading the wikies, you will learn the basics
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Offline Gabriel_Ruan

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 13:58:58 »
I'm still confused, but less. Thank you.
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Offline boost

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 14:13:27 »
It's kind of hard atm to find a kbc with reds. You are better off doing a "ghetto red" mod.

There is a gb going on now for brown and black pokers or you can try to contact qtan on Gh

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Offline limmy

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 17:07:16 »
I bought mine using an taobao agent last summer.

I thought I was getting a better deal from using the agent than buying from ebay sellers at the moment, but it turned out buying from ebay sellers would have been a better deal.

You could wait until the ebay sellers sell them, or buy them using a taobao agent. I paid around 130 USD for Poker Red with PBT keycaps, including shipping and agent fees. Be careful if you are going to use an agent, there are hidden costs: they use bad exchange rate for you(7% worse than exchange rate from google) and international shipping was 10% more than advertised. I complained about the mismatch of advertised shipping cost, and all they did was to say they will fix the webpage. Even the webpage was not updated for more than couple of weeks (or more).

If you are going to use taobao agent, don't assume anything, ask them and get confirmations. They will probably avoid answering by saying that they don't know how much it will weigh and all, but try to get as much as information if you don't want to be surprised. They usually answer questions pretty quickly.

Taobao price was about 80 USD(500 RMB), but I ended up paying 130 USD. You get the picture..
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Offline sth

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 17:16:02 »
It's still not much cheaper to get a Poker with PBTs from qtan :(
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Offline Gabriel_Ruan

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 20:29:39 »
I cannot message qtan, for some reason.
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Offline demik

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 20:33:28 »
probably not enough posts.

and yes the HHKB roof fits the poker.
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Offline Gabriel_Ruan

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 20:49:06 »
I'm still confused as to what a keyboard roof is.
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Offline lightsout714

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 21:07:54 »
Its a clear plastic lid to protect it.
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Offline chel-

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 16 March 2012, 21:42:56 »
One does not simply purchase a KBC Poker with reds
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Offline Forin

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 30 March 2012, 03:29:47 »
I have a question regarding KBC Poker.

When you press 'RightALT + Z' it is registered as Del? No matter what, because it's hardware, right?


Quote from: Gabriel_Ruan;536749
I'm [less] ignorant.

1) Where does one purchase a KBC Poker with reds?

3) Does the HHK roof fit on the Poker? What is a keyboard roof?

Thank you.
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Offline Maarten

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 30 March 2012, 04:15:42 »
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I'm still confused as to what a keyboard roof is.

If you dont know what something is or what its for you will not need it.
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Offline Nunez

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 30 March 2012, 04:44:06 »
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One does not simply purchase a KBC Poker with reds


I did :D
http://www.mechkeyboards.com/poker.html - Joys of being Aussie.
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Offline mSSM

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 30 March 2012, 05:49:27 »
Dunno if the thread creator is still floating around, but there is one guy (from Canada?) selling Pokers, AFAIK including reds, in GeekHack's classifieds' section. And then there is a group buy/ mass order sort of thingy going on on the deskthority forums (marketplace subforum).
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Offline dippingriz

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« Reply #15 on: Fri, 30 March 2012, 22:55:16 »
Yes, but I purchased one of the last reds from him.  I think there are only blacks left.  Blacks suck hard.
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Offline SBI

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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 15:49:44 »
And require only the slightest of modding to make them reds ;)
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Offline NorrisB

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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 15:50:46 »
Quote from: SBI;562745
And require only the slightest of modding to make them reds ;)

where do you buy the red switches
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Offline SBI

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« Reply #18 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 15:56:54 »
Wat? All you need is blue/brown/red springs, which are incidently all the same. Blacks and Reds have the same stem, except for the color. And since the poker is a PCB-Mounted board, you don't even have to do any soldering. A pair of tweezers and a small screw-driver or something is all you're gonna need.
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Offline dippingriz

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« Reply #19 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:00:04 »
Springs source?
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Offline irjoe

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« Reply #20 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:08:55 »
Is there any detailed/documented source for modifying black to reds?
If this was possible and was legitimate, I feel like everyone would know by now.. Both black & red lack the tactile bump and are linear, but is the difference really just the actuation force?

can you provide more detail?
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Offline sth

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« Reply #21 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:18:32 »
Quote from: irjoe;562912
Is there any detailed/documented source for modifying black to reds?
If this was possible and was legitimate, I feel like everyone would know by now.. Both black & red lack the tactile bump and are linear, but is the difference really just the actuation force?

can you provide more detail?

Pretty much everybody else does know by now :cool: Yes, lighter springs are the only structural difference between reds and blacks.
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Offline hello

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« Reply #22 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:23:42 »
I don't think black switches are as bad as people make them out to be.
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Offline SBI

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« Reply #23 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:29:51 »
Quote from: irjoe;562912
Is there any detailed/documented source for modifying black to reds?
If this was possible and was legitimate, I feel like everyone would know by now.. Both black & red lack the tactile bump and are linear, but is the difference really just the actuation force?

can you provide more detail?

Thou shalt study ripsters wiki.

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I don't think black switches are as bad as people make them out to be.

That's always going to be a matter of taste.
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Offline hello

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« Reply #24 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 20:35:52 »
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That's always going to be a matter of taste.


True
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Offline dippingriz

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« Reply #25 on: Sat, 31 March 2012, 21:43:36 »
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True

They taste terrible.  I forgot about the spring mod.  I've got a data911 that is going to get some new springs soon I guess.
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