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Offline XMIT

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Howdy from Austin
« on: Wed, 28 January 2015, 14:42:48 »
Hello - I'm new to this forum but not new to good keyboards and computers in general.

At the moment I use WASD v2 keyboards (Cherry MX Clear) with Vortex PBT white-on-black doubleshot keys as my daily drivers. One of them has lubed switches - desoldering, disassembling, and re-assembling 87 switches takes time.

I own five Model M keyboards: one SpaceSaver, one '89 vinyl dye'd black, one '85 Industrial M, and two beiges (I think '89 and '92). I've done a bolt mod on the SpaceSaver and have two more bolt mods underway.

For me, 45g keys (Cherry MX Brown, Topre/Noppoo 45g) feel way too light. I can touch type nicely on Clears and the Model M is *almost* too stiff.

In the past I've enjoyed Alps switches and IBM/Lenovo rubber dome scissor switches (surprisingly good tactile feedback).

From time to time I contact keyboard and keycap manufacturers with random questions. Hopefully I'll post the answers that I learn here.

Nice to meet you!

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Re: Howdy from Austin
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 29 January 2015, 07:57:50 »
Welcome to GH!

Nice collection you have there! :thumb:

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Re: Howdy from Austin
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 30 January 2015, 02:57:04 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Very nice collection - and well done for doing the maintenance on your keyboards!  Some mods take a little while to do properly, but as you can attest the results can be fantastic!
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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