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Offline sixty

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« on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 17:27:25 »
It is sadly a hard to find board nowadays. It is no longer in production.
 
I am trying to get my hands on one of these since a while now through a Japanese friend. If I manage to get one I will most likely replace the switches with blue MX though. Browns are not for me.
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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:06:19 »
You'd think if they sold these to gamers, they'd sell.
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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:15:46 »
Gamers wouldn't buy it.  It doesn't have an LCD screen and it's not backlit.  Gamers NEED backlit keys cause they play in the dark.  Those WASD keys can be hard to find without backlighting.
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:17:47 »
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Gamers wouldn't buy it.  It doesn't have an LCD screen and it's not backlit.  Gamers NEED backlit keys cause they play in the dark.  Those WASD keys can be hard to find without backlighting.

Well now, that's just sterotyping, isn't it?

I don't like playing my video games in the dark, and I don't want a backlit keyboard. I would buy one of these, though...if I had the money and could find one...it would make a nice replacement for an Apple Aluminum keyboard.
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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:20:18 »
With the border around it, it looks suspiciously like a Steelseries 7G... Except cooler of course xD
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Offline kyamei

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:22:03 »
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Well now, that's just sterotyping, isn't it?

I don't like playing my video games in the dark, and I don't want a backlit keyboard. I would buy one of these, though...if I had the money and could find one...it would make a nice replacement for an Apple Aluminum keyboard.

It was a joke based on threads in other forums...

I'm a gamer, I don't use the computer in the dark, and I don't care about backlit keys either.
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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 18:34:28 »
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With the border around it, it looks suspiciously like a Steelseries 7G... Except cooler of course xD

That's what made me think it could sell well to gamers.
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Offline namelessguy

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 19:50:53 »
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No, they say it's an alminium alloy.

Quote from: sixty;104821
It is sadly a hard to find board nowadays. It is no longer in production.
Ah, but the Diatec online store seems to have them in stock.
http://www.diatec.co.jp/shop/list.php?cate_c=1&subcate_sq=2

I don't think that they sell well at that price (25,000 yen) though - they're more expensive than Realforce or HHKB pro.
And real gamers wouldn't interested in them either because, simply, they don't seem to be NKRO boards.
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Offline takasta

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 22:02:00 »
woah that **** looks like it's well built haha, its freakin aluminium lol.
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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 27 July 2009, 22:21:07 »
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woah that **** looks like it's well built haha, its freakin aluminium lol.

There was a time when aluminum was rarer than gold.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 08:03:53 »
It would be pretty sweet if they sold the aluminum case seperately.  I would buy one in a heartbeat.  I love the industrial look of the aluminum.  I also like the how the wrist rest is built in.
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Offline nanu

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 08:16:29 »
Nearly the same thoughts. A third party could make this sort of case.  Steel would be a bit cheaper than aluminum, but brushed aluminum looks better than brushed stainless steel.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 08:24:24 »
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Nearly the same thoughts. A third party could make this sort of case. Steel would be a bit cheaper than aluminum, but brushed aluminum looks better than brushed stainless steel.

Alumnium stays cleaner, too.  Stainless steel has a bad tendency to show fingerprints unless its coated.  Ask parents with little kids and stainless steel appliances.
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Offline cmr

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 09:24:43 »
hmm i think i'd prefer to supply my own wrist rest, but other than that i'd like a keyboard with a metal case.
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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 13:00:58 »
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There was a time when aluminum was rarer than gold.


Yet the time is still here where we bash all the Americans who spell it like that :P
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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 13:04:37 »
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Yet the time is still here where we bash all the Americans who spell it like that :P

True, Aluminium does sound cooler...
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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 16:53:00 »
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Yet the time is still here where we bash all the Americans who spell it like that :P


"Aluminum" was the original name proposed by Davy.

The journal that published his findings suggested that "Aluminium" would sound more posh, and convinced him to go with that.

I'm afraid the joke is on you lot.
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 28 July 2009, 16:57:42 »
they charge too much for that =/
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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 29 July 2009, 04:05:53 »
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"Aluminum" was the original name proposed by Davy.

The journal that published his findings suggested that "Aluminium" would sound more posh, and convinced him to go with that.

I'm afraid the joke is on you lot.


Plus, if they keep it up, they'll be wearing "platinium" jewelry as well.
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