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Offline crthell

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Tired of rubber domes!
« on: Sun, 28 October 2012, 21:40:39 »
I have been a technically inclined individual for around 5 years, but am just now getting tired of low quality rubber dome keyboards- made of plastic and built to be replaced. They simply don't make 'em like they used to. The only mechanical I currently have is a Apple Extended Keyboard II (either with Alps or Mitsumi switches,) but I have a feeling that will be changing relatively quickly!

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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 28 October 2012, 21:47:10 »
Good for you! The AEKII is a fine board TBH.
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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 28 October 2012, 21:50:40 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Do we assume you have a CRT too? ;)
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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 28 October 2012, 22:06:04 »
Yes, I have a CRT. I am actually a big fan of them, but there's one I have that has a problem with the internal VGA cable, and I made my username on Youtube in frustration. I'm trying to use the same username for all the websites I use, even if its not entirely relevant to the website :P
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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 28 October 2012, 22:15:34 »
Fair enough. :)

I use old CRTs mostly on servers, usually operating in text mode, where high resolution is not required and the monitor spends most of its time off.  Plus I have about a dozen 17" CRTs lying around unused.
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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 29 October 2012, 11:42:22 »
I still own a CRT that I use from time to time.  The response time, and colour can't be matched.  It's also my backup weapon if the model M is ot around :)
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Re: Tired of rubber domes!
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 29 October 2012, 17:24:26 »
Quote from: tipo33 on Mon, 29 October 2012, 11:42:22
I still own a CRT that I use from time to time.  The response time, and colour can't be matched.  It's also my backup weapon if the model M is ot around :)
I do graphics work (nothing professional or anything, but still) and I kind of miss the color production of my old CRT. I got another CRT, so sometimes I'll connect it to my main setup for a retro feel.
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