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Offline sixty

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« Reply #100 on: Sat, 02 January 2010, 10:21:48 »
Oh my god!




From kbdmania. God knows where these are from, but they are official Cherry Corp for sure. The rounded Arial Bold and the molding artifacts on the bottom are a dead giveaway.

Absolutely brilliant.
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Offline sethstorm

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« Reply #101 on: Sat, 02 January 2010, 11:26:06 »
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My Dad drives a Hyundai - kinda looks like his old Buick.  When my son rented one in a trip we nicknamed our Sonata the "Snota".

Boy Welly, you're all set to learn PhotoShop for real now!!


Well, there isn't a car in that company's stable that doesn't look oddly close to something else, and with a lower-spec engine.

Now where's the keycap from a fake Alps / fake Cherry so that Hyundai label could be put to good use?
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« Reply #102 on: Sat, 02 January 2010, 11:30:39 »
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I'm bumping this because Das is now shipping Laser etched White Lettering on Black keys so there is more buzz about that technology.   Surprisingly, I found out that the Kinesis keys on my keypad (see sig for link) are laser etched.  

So we have from left to right - all essentially new keys and all have been cleaned:


No M13 Black just as a comparison, or do you not have one of those?
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« Reply #103 on: Sun, 03 January 2010, 02:02:40 »
Are double shot keys supposed to feel different? I've substituted Cherry double-shots on a keyboard that had Kinesis laser etched for three years, and the feel seems a bit more tight, perhaps less wobble in the key,
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« Reply #104 on: Sun, 03 January 2010, 15:07:18 »
thx for the reference. Time to put on my thinking cap.
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Offline ohdh2003

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« Reply #105 on: Sun, 03 January 2010, 16:08:04 »
In my knowledge they came from China. Maybe Cherry China made them.
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« Reply #106 on: Sun, 03 January 2010, 16:12:52 »
In my knowledge, they came from China. Cherry China made them, maybe.
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Offline ohdh2003

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« Reply #107 on: Sun, 03 January 2010, 16:21:35 »
It is a 356cl dark gray edition (DGE), special release of 356 line. DGE has a very crazy controller, so it shows awesome repeating rate. I think it may be comparable with keyboards of Omnikey line.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #108 on: Thu, 28 January 2010, 11:18:24 »
Does it actually work with the buckling spring?
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« Reply #109 on: Thu, 28 January 2010, 11:27:23 »
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Does it actually work with the buckling spring?


That's the ONE two-piece key on the SmarTrex board.
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« Reply #110 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:13:57 »
Might as well join the fray, since I posted the pic anyway.

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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #111 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:16:27 »
Nice.  It would be even cooler if it said "Big Blue."
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« Reply #112 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:19:03 »
Makin' me hungry...

Imagine decorating an entire keyboard with those things (the funny caps, not Big Mac ones specifically).
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« Reply #113 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:35:28 »
HAHAHA! I love that pic. Before I used my super-secret Websense buster to see that pic, I already had it in my head to post it in response to your post. You beat me to it.
 
That kid sorta looks like this guy:
 
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #114 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:51:20 »
Only if the kid is alive by 18. I would imagine that heart disease, diabetes, and a world food shortage* would take him down in about the next 5 minutes (if he's still alive).  He'll need a quadruple bypass just for his stomach.  I wonder if he needs help wiping his ass? I'm sure he can't reach it; hell, I'm suprised he can reach his mouth.
 
 
*You know, 'cause he all the food.
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« Reply #115 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 10:53:15 »
Less hungry, sure...but now I'm laughing.
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« Reply #116 on: Wed, 17 February 2010, 11:03:29 »
Then you'll be hungry.
 
 
I am having lasagna right now.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #117 on: Sat, 17 April 2010, 11:38:00 »
I have a blank red one that Webwit sent me on my M13. Goes well with the Trackpoint cap.
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Offline TheSoundofTyping

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« Reply #118 on: Sat, 28 August 2010, 07:55:12 »
Sorry for bumping this thread, but I thought it'd be the best place to ask rather than starting a new thread - where (and why) did the whole red esc key thing come from?  Was it used on old terminal boards for emergencies, or what?
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« Reply #119 on: Thu, 02 December 2010, 10:18:18 »
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Gotta get my key in before all the ClickClack showoff pics appear.

My Sandblasted Aluminum Scarface response to the ever popular  "PANIC" Red Esc key.
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LOL going to be awhile before those from clickclack show up. Unless some folks live right next to EKB.
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Offline RiGS

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« Reply #120 on: Tue, 19 July 2011, 14:36:01 »
It seems that all those esc kesy share the same texture on your picture.
That cherry doubleshot one is closer to orange than the rest.
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« Reply #121 on: Tue, 19 July 2011, 14:39:11 »
Lol  I realized that sounded quite racist.
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #122 on: Tue, 19 July 2011, 14:46:20 »
racism?
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Offline kaiserreich

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« Reply #123 on: Tue, 19 July 2011, 19:04:42 »
Is there any difference at all between the Fentek Esc key and SP's?
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Offline Atenacius

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« Reply #124 on: Tue, 09 August 2011, 13:06:26 »
Does Signature Plastics have trouble getting that Cherry Corp red? I'm still dying for one even if it isn't the original
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« Reply #125 on: Tue, 09 August 2011, 13:23:22 »
the racism on geekhack is getting out of hand. Someone needs to put a stop to it.
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« Reply #126 on: Tue, 09 August 2011, 15:02:52 »
quack, duckyyyyy shine
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