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WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« on: Wed, 08 August 2012, 01:27:54 »
Here are some pictures I've taken of my WYSE keyboard.

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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 08 August 2012, 05:04:45 »
Nice, clean, simple - that's the way a keyboard ought to be.

I have a keyboard lying around that looks similar to yours, might be the colour.  Mine is from an old dumb terminal, except with a few extra terminal keys.  I pulled a couple of key caps off the other night and was amazed to find that it had Cherry MX black keys!  Discovery of the month!

I always liked that keyboard, and now I know why, although in comparison to the Ducky with MX blue keys that I have now, I now find the older keyboard to be a fair bit stiffer to type on.

How do you like your Wyse for general typing?
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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 08 August 2012, 13:46:27 »
I haven't been able to use this keyboard. Mainly because it is a terminal keyboard and second because I don't have the know how to get it to work on a ps2 or usb port.

I do like the way it feels but for everyday typing I think it would start to wear me out. I do have a Cherry G80-11900 with MX Blacks that I use from time to time on a test machine at work. Switching between my Filco w/ MX Browns to the Black switches feels like I'm trying to play with old play doe. 

I do like using the blacks for gaming though.

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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 09 August 2012, 01:51:24 »
You'd need to teensy mod it mate. Great board.
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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 09 August 2012, 09:29:36 »
I bought the WYSE keycaps from taobao. I really like the font, but the grey background seems to dark in comparison to my white coloured modifier keys because I lack a moogle kit. (photos in signature) Oh well, classy font makes up for it.
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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 09 August 2012, 09:57:38 »
That Wyse keyboard looks to have the standard IBM 101 key layout. You sure it's not PC/AT compatible? It might just need a different cable.
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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 09 August 2012, 11:23:50 »
That Wyse keyboard looks to have the standard IBM 101 key layout. You sure it's not PC/AT compatible? It might just need a different cable.

Isn't mate, check keyboard bable.
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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 10 August 2012, 02:12:29 »
That's in excellent shape, was it NIB? I have a 840358 (terminal PCE) and it's good, but needs some retr0brite (less than my other WYSE keyboards, though.

I like the size of the CTRL keys, and the fact that they're ever so slightly stepped on the side.

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Re: WYSE PCE Keyboard Pics
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 10 August 2012, 14:09:50 »
It wasn't NIB when I got it. I just clean the fun loving crap out of my keyboards. If you look closely at the key caps you can tell it's been used. I agree about the layout...I would miss the windows key at first but I would get used to it.

What is this "slight" modding I hear about?¿?