What keyboard are you using right now?

[MyNameIsDan]

@ my university computer lab.
Stuck using a OEM dell keyboard (L100). It kind of hurts typing on these, my fingers got weak from using browns too much :<. Or maybe its just these keyboard that are bad.... For a computer science department, they sure are cheap with input peripherals !

[vicariouscheese]

Logitech G15 V1 (rubberdome).

the v1 is like the best rubberdome keyboard ever made  i have a friend whos had the same g15 for like 7 years now, solid as a rock with regular cleaning.

currently on my brand new daskeyboard with browns, and loving it

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

I'm selling mine. Wanna buy it :] ?

[RoboKrikit]

An IBM KB-9910.



Just built a new box after using Apple/Dell laptops (work/home) for the last several years.  My new Filco Cherry MX Blue Tenkeyless isn't here yet.

My old keyboard is an O.G. Happy Hacking model with PS2/Sun/ADB connectors.  I'm not sure where the PS/2 connector ran off to, so I hooked up this one temporarily.  After typing on laptops for so long, I think I prefer their scissor switch keys to these rubber membranes.

[Earth Worm Jim]

Saitek Eclipse II. It's doing well but I'm itching to got the BosCom on my main box.

[t13]

February 1991 Model M.

[vils]

Smk-85

[Ekaros]

1994 Lexmark IBM Model M, my first M, after I got computer with working PS/2 port...

Realy weird feeling on this one and it is quite heavy and noisy. But at same time quite cool, can't realy say how to feel about it...

[mr_a500]

Right now, I'm posting with this keyboard:



...but these days, I usually use an IBM AT Model F on PC running BeOS.

[Ehe_Shaoge]

I'm still on my Realforce 103U-UW for now, but that may change in the near future (depending on what EK has in stock later on).

Right now, I'm posting with this keyboard:

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...but these days, I usually use an IBM AT Model F on PC running BeOS.

Is that an Audemars Piguet watch? I can't remember the specific model, but it looks like one of their minute repeaters.  

I used to be really into mechanical Swiss watches years ago :biggrin1:

[mr_a500]

Is that an Audemars Piguet watch? I can't remember the specific model, but it looks like one of their minute repeaters.  

I used to be really into mechanical Swiss watches years ago :biggrin1:

No, it's the Paul Picot Technicum.


It's totally awesome in rose gold. (...but of course, the price is horrific)

[Ehe_Shaoge]

I remember Paul Picot. Great watch company.

"Rattrapante" = split-second chronograph, right? That explains the extra button, as well.

Pricey, indeed.

[Daniel Beaver]

This is an old thread. Oh well:

I primarily use a Tenkeyless Filco Majestouch Otaku with Blues.
I also have a blue label model m (52G9658) tucked under my monitor stand which I use when I need a number pad.

[laden3]

If Ducky Migration pattern is delayed I recommend a shot of this in the tea.

no alcohol for kids under 18 in Malaysia

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

Whos keyboard is that Rippy Oh my god .....

You know how it feels when someone uses their nails and scrapes against the board. I'm feeling like that right now after watching that poor Filco  kb @_@;




PS: i've been to Cameroon highlands. The air is nice, lots of greens and it's cold. Best place to get flowers, and Strawberries

[NewbieOneKenobi]

Right now, I'm using an IBM model M from Lexmark (surviving). I basically keep returning to it if even just for a while, it feels so good. The other keyboard plugged into my computer is a Hama scissors board ($24 from shop), the main advantage of which is that it somehow manages to avoid giving me pain in the fingers compared to all other keyboards. Recently unplugged, and currently on my bed, is a rubber dome Fujitsu-Siemens KeybPC-E (or something like that), the "butterfly" model (link) ($7).

But things may change a bit because I've just unpacked a black Cherry Cherry, a brown Cherry Compaq and 10 Alps Dells.

My desk can't really hold more than two keyboards right now, but let me show you when I get a replacement and buy/order more PS/2 => USB converters...

And I've also got a set of springs to put in my rubber dome IBM SK-8820 to see how cool it will be to type on.

[Findecanor]

I put it in my sig, like so many others.

The one I am using now at home is a Dell AT101W, with a few mods:
The alphanumeric keys have click leaves and springs from White ALPS, but with housings and dampened sliders from Cream ALPS, so that they click but don't clack when I bottom out.
The cursor keys, Page Up/Page/Down/Home/End have Black ALPS tactile leaves and springs, but also with Cream ALPS sliders and housings.
These alphanumeric keys, cursor/navigation keys and the F-keys have key caps from a AEK-clone. These are pad-printed and have a Swedish layout, which I prefer over the lasered UK layout keys othat the Dell had originally.

The remaining keys are unchanged: Black ALPS with the original Dell keycaps.

[muchadoaboutnothing]

Rosewill RK-9000, although I alternate between my Filco Tactile Touch NKRO and it.

[phate408]

Das Model S Professional Silent

[ricercar]

XArmor U9BL (backlit Cherry blues), but when this thread was first ressurrected I was on a Deck Toxic (backlit Cherry blacks).

Still looking for backlit CHerry browns, so I don't have to make it myself. IF I do, I'll probably have to go with yellow LEDs to ensure everyone can tell at first glance that it's a custom piece, as well as to match my yellow arcade buttons.

[nathanscribe]

At this moment, a 1989 British Telecom switchable keyboard using Cherry black switches with nice cream and grey double-shot caps (with purple printing on the `,2 and 3 and a green Sys Rq).

I like the switch on the base... using it via a PS/2 adapter.

[godly_music]

A bogstandard Cherry G83-6105, all rubber.

[ExE]

Hello Community,

i using the Filco Majestouch 104 Browns (FKBN104M/EB) (UK Layout)

I'm very proud of it, thanks to geekhack for help me making a decision :bounce:

[keyboardlover]

Hello Community,

i using the Filco Majestouch 104 Browns (FKBN104M/EB) (UK Layout)

I'm very proud of it, thanks to geekhack for help me making a decision :bounce:

Welcome to GeekHack ExE! You should be proud, that's a kickass keyboard!

[javifast]

I'm using right now an IBM Model M made by Lexmark.
But the last one was a Filco tenkeyless with black cherries.

[NewbieOneKenobi]

Killed the brown Cherry Compaq's space bar while trying to fix it, put the black Cherry Cherry on the shelf because I didn't like it for prolonged typing etc. etc., leaving me typing on the oldest of my pack o' Dells. It has the same UK layout as does my old M and a less nice feel for the fingers but it allows for faster typing than the M (ca. 5% faster). One of the newer Dells has already annoyed me enough to put it back in the box. Darn it, I will probably never find a keyboard that I really like and works for me.

[quadibloc]

A good old Model M. Can't beat it at a reasonable price, and have a few spares around. Not one of the real early models, one made by Lexmark.

[itlnstln]

A good Model M is nice to have around.  You can get them fairly cheaply, and they can take quite a bit of abuse.  I keep 2 around just for the cause.

[Swede]

Using my "new" Acer 6312 with black alps (i think)
Has the worst keymatrix ever. Period.

how does 2-key rollover sound? Over the entire board? Yes, it is horrifying!
Also the right arrow key dont work.

But it is better than the Model M switchwise imo, was breaking my fingers on the M.

Edit: The matrixfail can be due to a liquidspill or something, was really gunky when i got it.

[NewbieOneKenobi]

Eh, right now I'm typing on a quality scissors board (Hama SL570), non-mechanical obviously. And to tell you something, while there's a bit of a rubbery-springy feel (you know it's rubber you're pressing down there), it's good and it doesn't feel worse than mechanical. I've just taken a typing test and scored a bit faster than on mechanical keyboards and with 0 mistakes, while on tall key mechs I tend to make a couple when typing this fast. And I didn't get tired in the process (I already was typing with tired fingers after work). So perhaps scissors aren't bad after all.

[waffleboi9]

Right now, I am typing on an IBM Model M 1390131 from 1986. I love it to death, but I am afraid the springs are starting to wear. Does anyone know where I can buy a new set of compatible springs?


EDIT: Never mind found this with google, vbulletin's built in search failed me

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/112467

[t13]

Right now: my trusty AEKII. Just picked up a Tactile Pro 3 for my wife, and while I like that board a lot, it isn't *quite* on a level with the older board (though close), due to it being not quite as heavy. This is my second AEKII; the first had a key that just died one day.

[Earth Worm Jim]

I've got the BasCom terminal working on my main box (not tried all the F keys yet). It's interesting because it is a German layout but it sound good.

[steeef]

A '91 Model M 1391401. Smelled a little musty when I got it, but pretty clean and I haven't noticed any defects after using it for a week.

[didjamatic]

SIIG Minitouch (GHSS) w/Dampened ALPS swap
White Filco tenkeyless otaku with Browns

Both connected to my lappy at work.

[msiegel]

filco tenkeyless /brown. taking a break from the zero today, to see if lighter switches are better in cool weather... so far, yes

[dxong]

I thought I was a great typist, fast as well that any computer could not follow my gosu skills as the letters on screen just couldnt follow my swift ninja style.

Turns out that my logitech ex110 was deceiving me the whole time. Served me well though and my ignorance kept me in bliss.

So I am opted for a Majestouch Brown switches...it better enligthen me! Just waiting to be in stock again...

[maxlugar]

This Filco FKBN104MC/EB full-size Blue Cherry board:



GEEKHACK key cap courtesy of ripster  ;-)


(I really do use several different keyboards each day)

[ManjyomeThunder]

Right now? My Dell AT101W. ****ty rollover for gaming (I can't strafe backwards to the left and jump at the same time. I do that a lot in TF2) but I like it better than my Unicomp for typing.

Waiting til December-ish, then I'm going to buy a Filco Tenkeyless with Blues. Or Browns. Or maybe a Das for the whole "blank" thing. Or I might try to find a SIIG MiniTouch.

Yeah, I really have no idea what I'll be using. But I'm buying something.

[8_INCH_FLOPPY]

1986 122-key Model M on my laptop via USB.

Do all of the keys work?

[8_INCH_FLOPPY]

What converter are you talking about?  Are you saying someone finally made a good 122 key to USB converter?  Instructions please! :drool:

[Rhaullan]

I am typing on my very first mechanical keyboard.  G80-1851LPMDE  Thanks Sixty!

I took it out of the box and my wife was like, "WTF is that piece of ****?"  I had to explain to her that it's like the Millenium Falcon.  She might not look like much but she has it where it counts.  (Then she asked, "WTF is a mulleeium falcon?")

[MissileMike]

Filco 104 with browns.  I love this keyboard.

[slam]

At work I use an M13.  At home I use, depending on which computer, an M13, a Keytronic Lifetime Designer series (membrane I believe, but a decent one), or a Unicomp Endurapro.  The M13s are my favorite of the lot with the Endurapro a close second (don't like the slop of the trackpoint).

[godly_music]

I received my G80-1800 in the mail today, that's the one with black MX switches. I'm loving the feel of it, even though the layout is unusual for one who's used to normal width keyboards. MX blacks aren't heavy at all! That's just a tiny bit more than my old rubber dome Cherry, and I'd say just about right. I certainly don't wanna find out what MX browns/reds feel like now. You wimps.

The right shift key is a bit rigid when pressed off center, but I easened that by rounding the bottom of the keycap (where the cross goes in) with a file. Extended use has somehow given it a broader rim. Thanks to sixty for supplying me, great deal.

[NewbieOneKenobi]

I received my G80-1800 in the mail today, that's the one with black MX switches. I'm loving the feel of it, even though the layout is unusual for one who's used to normal width keyboards. MX blacks aren't heavy at all! That's just a tiny bit more than my old rubber dome Cherry, and I'd say just about right. I certainly don't wanna find out what MX browns/reds feel like now. You wimps.

The right shift key is a bit rigid when pressed off center, but I easened that by rounding the bottom of the keycap (where the cross goes in) with a file. Extended use has somehow given it a broader rim. Thanks to sixty for supplying me, great deal.

They're very nice switches and I like my black G80 a lot. But it's somewhat less practical for pure typing than, say, Model M or Cherry browns or black Alps.

[elservo]

I'm using my HHKB 2, as per usual.  I'm pretty spoiled at this point.

[msiegel]

loving black MX. You wimps.

:lol:
maybe blacks are what i need

[zefrer]

:lol:
maybe blacks are what i need

Coming out of the closet are we? :lol:

[Buckling_Summer]

Having beein using MiniTouch Siig Spacesaver for a while.
I do not seem to return to my IBM model M. I have found peace and comfort.
The touch typing feeling I have been searching for. Cheers mates!